hey, i am antje. a participatory designer and design researcher using design methods
to collaboratively imagine and create utopias.
Higher Education
2017 – 2025
Dresden University of Technology
Industrial Design Engineering (Diploma) – Very Good (1,3)
2022
Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)
Semester Abroad (ERASMUS): Sustainable Transformation Processes
2019
Beihang University (China)
Semester Abroad (PROMOS – DAAD): Intercultural Work & Language
Scholarships
2021 – 2023
Deutschlandstipendium – Talent Scholarship Funded by the German Government
2021
STEM Educational Bridge-Building Programme – Scholarship for Building China Competence in STEM
2020-2021
Femtec – Career-Building Programme for female STEM students
Selected Work Experience
12/2025 – now
Design Strategist – ENERBASE GmbH
Development of a communications strategy for a new rural innovation park.
03/2025 – 06/2025
Student Assistant – Gender Concept Group TU Dresden
Editing and layout of first position paper on gender studies in Saxony.
04/2024 – 03/2025
Workshop Facilitator – Kunststoffschmiede Dresden (Precious Plastic)
Running weekly workshops for DIY plastic recycling.
06/2023 – 12/2023
Information Designer – HolyPoly GmbH
Design of offers and reports on customised circular business models.
07/2022 – 01/2023
Student Assistant – Disruption and Societal Change Center (TUDiSC)
Systematic literature search on the concept of boundary objects.
Volunteer Work
04/2023 – now
Member of the “Zündstoffe” Initiative for Closed Resource Loops in Dresden
08/2021 – now
Co-Founding and Board Member for Two Years of a Community Garden
03/2021 – now
Marketing Lead and Event Organiser at University Association “Genow. Gender Equality Now.”
You also want to advance a just & bottom-up transition to a more sustainable world?
I wanna hear from you!