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!