Charleen Elberskirch completed a bachelor's degree in fashion design. Her focus lies on designing sustainable concepts that critically question the functioning of the fashion industry. In 2017, she moved to Basel and completed her master’s degree in Integrative Design in 2019 focusing on the link between digitization and sustainability. For her thesis Standard T, she was nominated for the Bundespreis Ecodesign and the German Design Award. Currently, she is working on a PhD-project as a doctoral candidate at the Folkwang UdK in Essen to investigate the potential of digitization for the sustainable transformation of the fashion industry. Moreover, she operates as a guest researcher at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy and cooperates with the University of Art and Design Basel and the Academy for Fashion & Design Düsseldorf, where she conducts her research, teaching and design practice.

When: 22.09.2020

Time: 06 pm (Zurich)

Where: Join Zoom Meeting

(Meeting ID: 730 7949 9751)

(Password: 1c7gd6)

The meeting room will be open 15 minutes before the beginning of the Master Talk.