What is a hard hack? Broadly speaking, hard hacks alter „nonliving systems.“ For instance, using instant messaging in a meeting to communicate work-related insights while a particulary boring speaker drones on is a hard hack. A couple of months ago I organized the first hard hack meetup. Employees met once a week at a private meetup called Campfire where they could tinker and experiment with or „hack“ their own projects. As it was a private even we cut the discussion short if the topic drifted toward the company ́s interest or profile.

2. PROJECTS
HARD HACKSINCE 2012

3. HARD HACK
What is a hard hack? Broadly speaking, hard hacks alter „nonliving systems.“ For instance, using instant
messaging in a meeting to communicate work-related insights while a particulary boring speaker drones on
is a hard hack. A couple of months ago I organized the first hard hack meetup. Employees met once a week
at a private meetup called Campfire where they could tinker and experiment with or „hack“ their own
projects. As it was a private even we cut the discussion short if the topic drifted toward the company´s
interest or profile.

4. HARD HACK
What is a hard hack? Broadly speaking, hard hacks alter „nonliving systems.“ For instance, using instant
messaging in a meeting to communicate work-related insights while a particulary boring speaker drones on
is a hard hack. A couple of months ago I organized the first hard hack meetup. Employees met once a week
at a private meetup called Campfire where they could tinker and experiment with or „hack“ their own
projects. As it was a private even we cut the discussion short if the topic drifted toward the company´s
interest or profile.

5. BY AXEL QUACK
Too often there are still »rules« within a company that tend to
slow down progress. So, how can we »hack« this?
HACKING
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BREAK THE RULES
ON

6. IDEA
TACTILE FEEDBACK

7. TEACHINGS
ABOUT MICRO
CONTROLLER

8. PROTOTYPING
INTELLIGENT PLANTS

9. PROTOTYPING
DRAWING ROBOT

10. PROTOTYPING
TACTILE INTERFACES

11. PROTOTYPING
LED MATRIX

12. PROTOTYPING
LED MATRIX

13. PROTOTYPING
3D SCANS

14. PROTOTYPING
MONITORING

15. AXEL QUACK (2012)
»We created a hardware hacking possibility which
meets our customer´s interest.«

16. MAIL@AXELQUACK.DE WWW.AXELQUACK.DE