Mason is a German multi-disciplinary maker of useful, curious and beautiful things. Born in Germany and raised in Austria, he now lives and works in New York City.

Mason's journey is a little different than most. He started his career by dropping out of high school at 15 with grand plans of becoming a software engineer. After realizing he, quite frankly, sucked at it, Mason began teaching himself design at the age of 16. Fast forward a few years and he is now a designer, founder, speaker, mentor and maker.

Mason is the co-founder of Framer™, a portfolio system and community of the world’s leading designers who represent brands such as HUGE, BBDO, Tumblr, Disney, Apple, Firstborn, Unit9, R/GA, Razorfish and many more. Since its launch in 2014, Framer has attracted the upper echelon of creative talent, resulting in a Showcase mined by top companies, admired by creative peers and referenced by aspiring young talent.

He is also the co-CEO of Outline, which has helped more than 2 million people launch their personalized online portfolio. Creative types of all kinds – photographers, makeup artists, concept artists, designers, illustrators and more – use F