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Fashion & Education

Employment

Beneficial Design Institute GmbH, research & project lead, Berlin, DE, 2022-2026

Akademie Mode & Design, lecturer & curriculum developer, 2023-2026

studio MM04, Events & Communications coordinator,

Seattle Central College, apparel design tutor, Seattle, USA, 2019-2020

MOO YOUNG, studio assistant & communications, Seattle, USA, 2018-2020

Cilium.nu, intern, Brooklyn, NY USA, 2019

Project Highlights

Fashion For Democracy: Design for Better Lives
initiated by Beneficial Design e.V., 2024-2026

Fashion For Democracy: Design for Better Lives – Publication Launch: event at PLATTE.Berlin, host & organizer, 2026

Fashion For Democracy: Design for Better Lives – Positions & Provocations: digital publication, author & curator, 2026

AGORA #1: hybrid gathering at Designhaus at Hessen Design e.V., organizer & facilitator, , 2025

202030 – The Berlin Fashion Summit
organized by studio MM04, 2022-2024

Edition #8: RE/GENERATE IMPACT, summit at Bikini Berlin, organizer and moderator, 2024

Edition #7: Pop-up: Culture & Communication, conference at Kronprinzenpalais, in cooperation with Der Berliner Salon, organizer, co-host, and moderator, 2024

Edition #6: Denim Pop-up and Community Gathering, converence at Premium and SEEK, organizer, 2023

Edition #5: Active Alliance for Positive Fashion, summit at Premium and SEEK, speaker coordinator and moderator, 2023

Edition #4: Fashion for Positive Impact: Regenerative Transformation, summit at The Colluseum Theatre, speaker coordinator and moderator, 2022

Edition #3: Regenerative Fashion Systems, hybrid summit, intern, 2022

Workshops & Training

Peer Learning Session: Queering Semiotics, online workshop, School of Commons, Zurich, CH, 2026

Awareness Training, trainer, Design Academy by VORN x Zalando, Berlin, DE, 2025-2026

Bondyworld: Stop-a-holic Journey, consulting & content, BONDY, Berlin, DE, 2025

Fashion for Cultural Sustainability, trainer, Design Academy by VORN x Zalando, Berlin, DE, 2023-2025

Speculative Upcycling, guest lecture & practicum, UDK. Berlin, DE, 2024

Queer Needlework Circle & The Incidental Quilt, workshop & community project with Theodoor Adriaans, De-Fashioning Education Conference, Berlin, DE, 2023

Queering Fashion, workshop, Daisie, 2023

Academic Curricula

Fashion in Context: Fashion for Democracy & Alternative Fashion Practice, curriculum for B.A. course at Akademie Mode & Design, via Beneficial Design Institute, Berlin, DE, 2026

Aesthetics of Transformation, curriculum for B.A. course at Akademie Mode & Design, via Beneficial Design Institute,Berlin, DE, 2025-2026

Sustainability Lab I & II, curriculum for B.A. course at Akademie Mode & Design, Berlin, DE, 2023-2025

Sustainability Lab I & II, lecturer, B.A. course at Akademie Mode & Design, Berlin, DE, 2023-2025

Design Concepts, research assistant, M.A. course at Akademie Mode & Design, Berlin, DE, 2023-2025

Speaking Engagements

Fashion For Democracy: Design for Better Lives – Positions & Provocations Launch, presenter, host, panel moderator, PLATTE. Berlin, DE, 2026

Regenerative textile economy: a serious move for the future of fashion, roundtable discussion, Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris, FR, 2026

DEIB in the Fashion Context, presentation at Premium and SEEK, Berlin, DE, 2023

Lou Croff Blake Talks Pronouns, Fashion For Every Body and the Language of Belonging Beyond the Gender Binary, podcast episode, WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press, 2024

202030 Podcast, co-host, studio MM04, 2023-2024

Fluidity & Dynamism: Queer is a Catalyst (And So Can You!), keynote speach & panel  “Reality Bites: Perspectives on Diversity”, Macromedia University, online & Berlin, DE, ‘23

A Queer Fashion Rolodex, presentation & panel at The State of Fashion Bienale: Ways of Caring, Arnhem, NL, 2022