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An app to commemorate people who must never be forgotten.

In conjunction with the "Stolpersteine" art memorial, we would like to digitally support the culture of remembrance of the victims of National Socialism. To this end, we use and compile publicly available data from the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap. The personal stories and fates are thus made directly accessible at the places in Germany where they were written. There were already 20,000 Stolpersteine when the app was launched in November 2022. There are now over 30,000, which we regularly add to.

Stumbling Stones Germany is largely barrier-free and can be used by people with severe visual impairments and limited motor skills. The app was realized by us on our own initiative without taxpayers' money or donations.

The world's largest decentralized memorial: "A person is only forgotten when his name is forgotten," says Gunter Demnig, quoting the Talmud.

To commemorate the victims of the Nazi era, the artist places small brass memorial plaques in the sidewalk in front of their last chosen place of residence or work. Demnig began with the first Stolperstein in 1992 and there are now more than 96,000 in over 1,000 German municipalities and 26 countries. The art project is considered the largest decentralized memorial in the world and focuses attention on the people who were persecuted, murdered, deported or expelled during the Nazi regime.

Free app download for iOS and iPad OS, as well as for Androi devices.

Cities and towns in the app (as of November 2023):

Bamberg, Berlin, Bernau bei Berlin, Bonn, Bottrop, Bremen, Chemnitz, Coburg, Cottbus, Dahme-Spreewald (district), Darmstadt, Dortmund, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Eberswalde, Essen, Ettlingen, Falkensee, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Geldern, Halle (Saale), Hamburg, Hanover, Hohen Neuendorf, Iserlohn, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Kiel, Koblenz, Cologne, Leipzig, Lüneburg, Munich, Münster, Nuremberg, Offenburg, Oranienburg, Potsdam, Rendsburg, Remscheid, Schwerin, Solingen, Stahnsdorf, Stuttgart, Teltow, Uedem, Woltersdorf, Worms, Wuppertal, Würzburg.

We are very pleased to have also succeeded in winning the AOK's second Europe-wide tender with regard to digital accessibility, with which we can now continue the successful collaboration that began in 2019 through 2025.

With an expanded scope of services, we are now consulting - in addition to the AOK Federal Association - all eleven regional AOKs and will again carry out numerous audits of websites and apps as part of this mandate. In addition, we are supporting the teams of the health insurance company in increasing the accessibility of online offerings through Plain Language and videos in German sign language.

"The most beautiful compliment is the smile on your lips, conjured up by the perfect fragrance." says perfume sommelier Philip Birkholz. The individual BIRKHOLZ perfumes are creations for people who are looking for something very special. Highest quality ingredients with up to 25% perfume oil content. Exclusive design. Personalizable. Handmade in Germany.

Based on Shopify, d-SIRE has launched the online store for birkholz-perfumes.com, whereby the exquisite compositions can also be purchased online directly from the manufactory. A fragrance navigator assists in finding a new favorite perfume, as do the sample sets that customers can customize. Anyone wishing to embark on a virtual scent journey with the perfume sommelier can book this via a reservation tool.

A visit to the impressive perfume bar with its fantastic filling station near Ku'damm is also worthwhile to get perhaps the best whiff of Berlin air!

Judith Williams is a personality brand and beauty expert. She is a businesswoman, family person, investor in the TV show "Höhle der Löwen" and a socially engaged ambassador. An enabler. Out of love for cosmetics, she founded Judith Williams Cosmetics in 2007 and became the most successful brand in European shopping TV. Today, it has grown into a company with international reach and European production facilities, a successful company with a face and a lot of passion!

Since December 2020, Judith Williams has also been selling her cosmetics products for the first time directly through digital channels. Her strong personality naturally takes a central role in the online store – because no one knows the products better than Judith Williams herself, and no one else could present them more convincingly.

Our task was to combine emotional storytelling with a unique shopping experience to create an extraordinary brand experience. In addition to the development of the visual and interface design, we were responsible for the communication concept, content modeling, wireframing, digital user experience, and SEO. The store implementation was done by a technical service provider in close cooperation with us.

Under the title "Living with HIV - different than you think", this year's World AIDS Day campaign is showing the reality of HIV-infected people in their everyday lives. Contrary to common belief, they emphasize that an almost completely normal and relaxed life with HIV is possible, and that the infection hardly plays a role in their daily routines.

The World AIDS Day takes place annually on December 1. It aims to promote solidarity for people with HIV and AIDS and to counteract discrimination. It also reminds people who have died as a result of the infection and calls for access to prevention and medical care for all people worldwide.
Initiators are the Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (German Federal Center for Health Education, BZgA), the Deutsche AIDS Stiftung (German AIDS Foundation) and the Deutsche AIDS Hilfe (German AIDS Federation).

For this year's campaign, d-SIRE has updated the World AIDS Day website and further optimized the accessibility of the website. Technically, the redesign was realized with the Content Management System TYPO3.

This years‘ awareness campaign of Aktion Mensch is all about voluntary work. In line with the campaign claim "Mach mit beim echt sozialen Netzwerk" ("Be part of a real social network"), various opportunities are presented to visitors right upon accessing the page for the first time. By using search and filter functions it is possible to narrow down the list according to personal preferences in a friendly way. This also includes voluntary work that can be done from home – an important aspect in times of COVID-19.

For those who are still undecided how to give a helping hand, the site is offering a self-test to find activities that fit one's personal profile best. In addition, the core message of the campaign is amplified through motivational stories about activists.

d-SIRE was responsible for the optimization and enhancement of the existing database for volunteer opportunities, concept and user interface design as well as for frontend development. The campaign was launched in mid-August 2020 and exceeded expectations within a very short time.