Design and Future Making Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences - Design, Technology, Economics and Law

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Focus

Future Making, Digital Transformation, Innovative Design Strategies

Target group

Designers with a university degree and with: - strong competencies in design, research and technical implementation \; - an outstanding and clear personal design approach \; - an understanding of and sensitivity and experimentation in dealing with materials, techniques and form \; - a strong affiliation towards creating and curiosity to develop and locate it in future contexts \; - a clear understanding of your own design context and critical engagement with design in the larger cultural and social context

Annotation

Today, we are surrounded by an immense amount of defined objects, tools, products and information that together form a global network of meaningful relationships. This network shapes and represents our cultural, social and technological relationships – our reality. Access to this reality is characterised by "use" and "making" (work, production, action). As designers, we develop new approaches to this multifaceted reality, we test new possibilities and develop stories that can go far beyond things themselves. This helps us to determine the way we act, how we experience, actively influence, change and perhaps improve the world. We are interested in the bridges between the material world and the digital space.

Admission modus

Selection procedure / qualifying examination

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

- A brief CV - A certificate of the first completed and qualifying university programme and, if applicable, further completed university studies, with translation into German or English where necessary - A letter of motivation of a maximum of two pages - A letter of recommendation/reference - A language certificate - A portfolio of artwork accordingly (printed, maximum size 30 x 43 cm, no originals), bound as book/portfolio. You determine the number of included works yourself. Give us an insight into your previous projects and the knowledge that you as an applicant would bring to the programme. The concept and design of the portfolio will be part of the overall assessment of your application. - Proposal for a research project - A signed statement of consent that the submitted documents (including the portfolio) can be disposed of if they are not withdrawn within the time limit set by the university

Fees

Fees (Link)

Main language

German