who we are     designX3 by hasiwens is a partnership of Karin Haslinger (hasi) and Joseph Wensell (wens), which was created to provide marketing and design services for the music industry with an international approach. Karin Haslinger holds a masters degree in International Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing and music business from the University of Vienna in Austria. Experience includes high profile marketing campaigns for notable brands such as SMART, Heineken, and Nestlé; and working with the Austrian Embassy’s Cultural Forum in Washington, D.C. and with JazzTimes Magazine. Joseph Wensell has been working in the music industry since 1989, beginning at the retail level at the height of the CD revolution with the Washington D.C. metropolitan retail chain, Kemp Mill Music. Additional experience: 10 years as the Advertising Manager with America’s premier jazz publication, JazzTimes and 1 ½ years with France’s prestigious Jazz Hot.