About UXMA | Company for outstanding UX

UXMA represents the creative power to create and realize outstanding brand, service and product experiences. Our success is based on expertise and interdisciplinary teamwork.

The three managing directors of UXMA sit smiling next to each other on the ledge of a terrace — From left to right: Michael Arpe, Owner and Managing Director; Susanne Arpe-Darwisch, Owner and Managing Director; Christoph Eichhorn, Managing Director

A team of doers and thinkers who do what they love. We think user-centered, act methodically and develop state of the art. Our success is based on cross-sector expertise and interdisciplinary cooperation at our locations in Kiel, Hamburg, Dresden and Thessaloniki.

100+

best minds on the team
35+

years market success
4

locations in Europe

Experience and Quality

In 1985 Michael Arpe founded the company ma design. Over the years ma design grew from a design studio into a comprehensive development partner: UXMA. If we have learnt anything over the last 30 years, it’s the necessity to move forward, even in the face of resistance. Anyone who knows us is familiar with our special dynamic as well as our demand for the highest standards of the quality of our solutions.

Four UXMA employees stand around a tablet laughing and looking at the content on it.

Digital Mindset and Interdisciplinary Variety

We have been working successfully with our customers via digital channels, platforms and tools for many years and are well trained and positioned in networked, collaborative development. In our daily development work, we use a wide range of tools for different fields of application. However, we can also easily integrate ourselves into the digital ecosystem of our customers.

While doing so, we approach every situation with openness and creativity. Far away from any departmental thinking, our teams always work together cross-functionally and approach their tasks from different perspectives. With our methodological competence and extensive experience in a wide range of specialist areas, we are able to respond individually to our customers and develop holistic solutions.

Our Values

At UXMA we take smart approaches for sustainable solutions in all areas in order to protect the livelihood of present and future generations. As part of our project work we search and find efficient ways and use sustainable materials.

Partner Network and Memberships

With a strong network of partners and extensive research activities we live up to our intrinsic quality standards of being up-to-date and first-class in our area of expertise.

Regional
- Kiel University
  
  Founded in 1665, Kiel university is the oldest, largest and best-known university in Schleswig-Holstein with 27,000 students and around 3,500 employees. Together with the Institute for Innovation Research, UXMA drives the design and implementation of innovations.
- DiWiSH member
  
  DiWiSH links companies together with each other as well as with science, institutions and politics. As a member of the association, UXMA contributes to actively shaping and sustainably strengthening the IT and media sector as well as the design industry in Schleswig-Holstein.
- Kiel University of Applied Sciences
  
  With more than 7900 students, Kiel University of Applied Sciences is the largest university of applied sciences in Schleswig-Holstein. In the Computer Science and Media Engineering degree programs, UXMA enables students to work on realistic and practical projects and provides mentors.
- WTSH Premiumpartner
  
  Together with “Wirtschaftsförderung und Technologietransfer Schleswig-Holstein” and the partner companies, UXMA strengthens and communicates the numerous advantages of Schleswig-Holstein as a business, working and living location in order to attract and retain skilled workers in the long term.
- TU Dresden
  
  TU Dresden is one of the largest technical universities in Germany and one of the leading and most dynamic universities. UXMA maintains a close relationship with the Saxon university through specialist presentations and participation in job dating events.
Nationwide
- Inosoft VisiWin7 HMI Software
  
  The HMI software VisiWin meets the complex and diverse requirements of process visualization systems. As a partner in UX design, UXMA works to optimize user interaction with machines and systems.
- VDI supporting member
  
  Around 135,000 engineers are members of Europe’s largest technical and scientific association. As a sponsoring member, UXMA supports the VDI in its non-profit work on a long-term basis and helps to promote young talent and strengthen Germany as a technology location.
- Charta der Vielfalt
  
  The Charta der Vielfalt (Diversity Charata) promotes the recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the business world. By signing it, UXMA is committed to an appreciative and unprejudiced working environment.
- German UPA member
  
  As part of the Professional Association of German Usability and User Experience Professionals, the largest German-speaking network of UX professionals, UXMA exchanges experience and knowledge with other members.
- Erfolgsfaktor Familie network
  
  The corporate program “Erfolgsfaktor Familie” is the central platform for the compatibility of family and career. Together with the leading associations of the German economy, the DGB and industry and trade associations, UXMA is committed to making family-friendliness a hallmark of the German economy.
- Wissensfabrik
  
  The nationwide participatory network of around 130 companies and foundations of all sectors and sizes as well as numerous stakeholders from science, politics and civil society aims to inspire children and young people for STEM. UXMA supports the common, major goal of sustainably securing Germany's innovative strength.

We are UXMA.

100+

35+

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Experience and Quality

Digital Mindset and Interdisciplinary Variety

Our Values

Partner Network and Memberships

Regional

Nationwide