DESIGN REAL 14. 17. MAI 2026

DESIGN REAL 14. 17. MAI 2026

DESIGN REAL 14. 17. MAI 2026

DESIGN REAL 14. 17. MAI 2026

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
Robida
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