2017 - 2021 
BA OF ARTS HOCHSCHULE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE SAAR 

2021 - 
MA OF ARTS HOCHSCHULE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE SAAR 

OCT - DEC 2021
INTERN FORMAFANTASMA ROTTERDAM    
   
FEB - JUNE 2022 
INTERN STUDIO SARAH ILLENBERGER   
   
JULY - OCTOBER 2022
ASSISTANT STUDIO SARAH ILLENBERGER

APRIL 2022
FOUNDER OF ĒNA

SINCE AUG 2019
SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS GERMAN DESIGN GRADUATES

ELENA KAYSER IS A PRODUCT DESIGNER BASED IN SAARBRÜCKEN. HER WORK FOCUSES ON INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION WITH PROFESSIONALS FROM VARIOUS FIELDS AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY TO CREATE A NEW, INCLUSIVE IDEA OF NORMALCY.

AFTER INTERNSHIPS AT FORMAFANTASMA AND SARAH ILLENBERGER, SHE CONTINUES HER STUDIES AT THE HOCHSCHULE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE IN SAARBRÜCKEN. FOR HER MASTER'S THESIS, SHE IS RESEARCHING ON THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN DESIGNERS AND NGOS IN THE CONTEXT OF SDG 05 - GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN. WHILE STUDYING FOR HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE, SHE FOUNDED THE JEWELRY LABEL ĒNA, WHICH OFFERS JEWELRY MANUFACTURED IN HER FAMILY’S TIN FOUNDRY, WHICH HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR OVER 100 YEARS.

PORTFOLIO

HELLO@ELENAKAYSER.COM   +49 1573 6952510

PRESS
GLAMOUR (2023)
JOLIE (2023)
THINGS WE WRITE (2023)
BRIGITTE MAGAZIN (2023) 
L MAG (2022)  
TEETH MAG (2022)
BUNTE MAGAZIN (2022) 
MADAME MAGAZIN (2022)  
L’OFFICIEL AUSTRIA (2022)    
OPUS KULTURMAGAZIN (2022)    
SAARBRÜCKER KOMPASS (2021) 
THIS IS JANE WAYNE (2021) 

EXHIBITIONS + AWARDS
FUTURE  LAB 2 VÖLKLINGEN (2021)
TAG DER OZEANE SAARBRÜCKEN (2022)
RUNDGANG  HBK SAAR SAARBRÜCKEN (2022)    
GLOBAL DESIGN GRADUATE SHOW / ARTS THREAD (2021) NOMINEE
MBFW BERLIN AVENIR + ĒNA (2022)
MERGE ANTWERP 24.09 - 20.12.22 (ĒNA) 
GERMAN DESIGN GRADUATES SHOW SCHLOSS PILLNITZ DRESDEN (WINKELSPIEL)
AMBIENTE TALENTS (2023)
GDG + MONO RESIDENCY BERLIN (2023)     
SUMMER HEAT EDITION 1
SUMMER HEAT EDITION 2 
MBFW BERLIN AVENIR + ĒNA (2023)
GDG + MONO RESIDENCY VIENNA DESIGN WEEK (2023)