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Professor of Fashion and Textile Design, School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Jeanne is a design practitioner who investigates creative innovation that interfaces design and technology. Her research focuses on intelligent textile design for fashion, interiors, rehabilitation, and Design-Led STEM processes. She is a core member of PolyU’s RAE2026 team focusing on creative practice as research.

Her work had been showcased at Milan Fashion Week A/W 2023, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and collected as part of the permanent collection of the National Museum of Silk, China. Jeanne’s work has received international media coverage including Vogue, WGSN, Harper’s Bazaar, and the Public Broadcasting Service (USA). Jeanne is often invited to share her work internationally at TedX, ArcInTex, Parsons School of Design, USA and Hongik University, Korea. Recent awards include Geneva Inventions 2024, JustStyle Excellence Award 2024,  iF International Design Award 2023 and Red Dot Award 2023. As a design consultant, Jeanne works with companies and organizations to implement fashion, textile, and creative education solutions. Her consultancies include LVMH Group, Nike, Alibaba, Fashionary, Kiabi, CLP Power Hong Kong Limited, The Hong Kong SAR Government (EMSD) and The Hong Kong Red Cross.

Jeanne is currently chairing the “Culture X AI: 2024-2025” and was chair of “Fashion X AI: International Salon”, “Designing Future Techstyle 2019” and the Program Chair of DesForm 2023.