INTRODUCTION
Jennifer Keusgen is a textile and fashion designer with a research-driven approach. Her creative practice explores alternative methods of producing fashion, based on the concept of 'Caring Garments' that prioritize the tactile and haptic criteria relevant to the human body. Using methods from integrative design, design research, speculative design, and critical design, she creates artefacts and experiences that aim to provide both embodied experience and space for critical reflection.

After completing her fashion design studies at Pforzheim University - School of Design and studying abroad at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India, Jennifer Keusgen worked internationally as a concept and fashion designer for several years. In 2020, she completed a Master's degree in Integrative Design at the Academy of Art and Design (FHNW) in Basel. Her master project, 'Tactile Matters,' has been featured in various design magazines and exhibited internationally.

As a research assistant at the Studio for New Materials and Technologies in the Department of Textile Design at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, she lectures on new textile practices in the field of electronic and digital textiles.

COLLABORATIONS PARTNERS, CLIENTS & REFERENCES
ASCA, BMW Group Design, Deutsche Institute für Textil und Faserforschung, Fondation Beyeler Basel, Hennes & Mauritz Stockholm, Institute of Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM), Museum Brandhorst München,

TEACHING AND LECTURES
2024 Stiftung Würth Arlesheim (Workshop)
2023/24 Pädagogische Hochschule Trier (Workshop with Anna Blumenkranz)
2021-24 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart (Teaching)
2023 Task Force Textiles, Scholarship, ABK Stuttgart (Juror)
2023 TUM München, Sense Lab (Lecture und Teaching)
2023 Museum der Alltagskulturen (Workshop)
2022 Museum Brandhorst (Workshop with Anna Blumenkranz)
2022 FHNW, Hochschule für Kunst und Gestaltung Basel, CH (Workshop with Sophie Kellner)
2021 Hochschule für Gestaltung Pforzheim (Lecture)
2021 Junior Design Research Conference, Hochschule Luzern, CH (Lecture)
2020/21 FHNW, Hochschule für Kunst und Gestaltung Basel, CH (Workshop with Sophie Kellner)
2017-22 Akadamie für Mode und Design München (Workshop)
2016-18 MD.H Mediadesign Hochschule München (Teaching)

SELECTED FEATURES
InStyle, 2021
M. Müller & Sohn, 2020
PAGE Magazin, 2020
Raum und Wohnen, 2019
AD Architectural Digest, 2019
Wohnrevue, 2019
Mis Magazin, 2019
Brigitte Woman, 2019