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Born in 1977
Lives and works in Stuttgart and Florence

Work Activities

2013 – currentATERLIER CEM CAKO – STUTTGART
Atelier for new men’s tailoring and design
2016CEM CAKO – DEBUT COLLECTION, MENSWEAR – PARIS
Exhibition “Extended Situation I (Une Première)”
Presentation at Palais de Tokyo – Paris Museum of Modern Art
2009 – 2013THRIVE L.A. – CREATIVE DIRECTOR, WOMENSWEAR – LOS ANGELES
Fashion house founded in the Silicon Valley by technology innovator Rob Meadows
Thrive collections presented during New York and Paris Fashion Week
2007 – 2009TIM HAMILTON – ASSOCIATE DESIGNER, MENSWEAR – NEW YORK
Collections created in this period received the CFDA/Swarovski Award for men’s fashion
Reporting to Tim Hamilton
2007HELMUT LANG – JUNIOR DESIGNER, MENSWEAR – NEW YORK
Transfering the Helmut Lang archives to the company ”Link Theory Holdings Co.”
Reporting to Helmut Lang 
2004 – 2007DRIES VAN NOTEN – TRAINEE PROGRAM – ANTWERPEN
Assisting and fitting the show collection for the défilés in Paris
Reporting to the Creative Team

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2019 – currentPOLIMODA – FLORENCE  
Professor in the field of vision and creative thinking systems
Department of Fashion Design
RAFFLES MILANO ISTITUTO MODA E DESIGN – MILAN
Visiting professor in the field of future-oriented fashion design strategies in the context of craft, digitization and sustainability
Department of Fashion Design
STEINER SCHOOL KRÄHERWALD – STUTTGART
Technical teacher for bespoke tailoring and costume design
Department of Craft Education

2021 – 2022
STAATLICHE AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE – STUTTGART
Substitute professor in the field of material and space concepts including new media
Department of Sculpture
2009OTAGO POLYTECHNIC – SCHOOL OF FASHION – DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND
Lecturer (designer-in-residence program) in the field of textile innovation and design 
Department of Fashion Design

AWARDS 

 EMERGING DESIGNER AWARD – DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND
For the best interpretation of a men’s fashion collection
Offered by ID Dunedin Fashion Institute in Dunedin, New Zealand
MASTER OF LINEN AWARD – MILAN
For the best interpretation of a garment realized in linen
Offered by Centro Lino Italiano in Milan, Italy
OTAGE POLYTECHNIC AWARD – DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND
For showing innovation in the use of materials and methods
Offered by Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin, New Zealand
BEST UPCOMING BELGIUM FASHION DESIGNER AWARD – ANTWERPEN
For the best interpretation of a collection in the spirit of belgian fashion design 
Offered by the Goethe-Institute in Brussels, Belgium
SHIRT AVENUE PRIZE – MILAN
For the best interpretation of a men’s shirt
Offered by Consorzio Italiani Tessuti per Camiceria in Milan, Italy

EDUCATION

2004 – 2007KONINKLIJKE ACADEMIE VOOR SCHONE KUNSTEN – ANTWERPEN
Honorary Bachelor Art & Design
Department of Fashion Design
2014 – 2016STAATLICHE AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE – STUTTGART 
Diplom Fine Arts: Body, Aesthetics and the Poetic of a Garment
Department of Sculpture  
2017 – 2019UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART
Lecturer qualification for aesthetics, ethics and technological culture
Department of Philosophy