Verena Michels

Coach, Researcher, Educator at Creative Prototyping x Sustainability Universität der Künste

Verena Michels works as a product and fashion designer with a passion for field trips and research. She enjoys transdisciplinary collaborations, making exhibitions, giving workshops and launching products. As a lecturer and educator, she combines topics of fashion research, biomaterials, art & activism with creative entrepreneurship. She currently lectures at AMD Akademie Mode und Design Berlin and works as artistic startup consultant at Universität der Künste Berlin.

Speaker 2025:​
Anne Papenfuß
Business Development & Communications Director | Design Bridge and Partners
Vincent Kyas
Managing Director I Design Bridge and Partners Germany
Philipp Mühlebach
Executive Creative Director Northern Europe I Design Bridge and Partners
Pia Gerhard
Managing Director Creation Scholz & Friends Identify
Vida Rucli
editor of Robida Magazine and co-curator for Robida’s public programmes and projects / Robida
Katharine De Siqueira
Creative Account and Communication PLATTE.Berlin - the only PLATTENBAU for Next Gen Fashion
Adina Bier
Director of Retail & Guest Experience FotografiskaBerlin
Inga Bohn
Head of Brand and Customer Centricity | AMORELIE
Flip Selin
Creative Director / Geschäftsführer / Gründungspartner
Maxie Schneider
Design Researcher at Matters of Activity & Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Silke Krummel
Geschäftsführerin und Sprecherin der Geschäftsführung, Agentur für internationale Museumskooperation