Summer Workshops

Basel Academy of Art and Design

What can happen in one transformative week of making, thinking, and connecting? The Summer School invites you to explore art and design through intensive workshops led by international practitioners. In an open and interdisciplinary setting, you experiment, reflect, and expand your creative practice — right in the cultural heart of Basel.

Factsheet

Learning environment: Onsite
ECTS points: 2
Next start: Depending on the module chosen
Duration: 1 week per Workshop
Teaching languages: German, Englisch
Venues: Campus HGK Basel
Fee: CHF 900-3500

Aims and benefits

The Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) offers compact summer workshops for students, lecturers and designers as part of the continuing education program at HGK Basel.

Structure and programme contents

Choose your Summer Workshops:

Poster Design

What makes a poster unforgettable? In this workshop, participants learn how to transform a clear idea into a visually compelling poster. They work with color, form, and typography to convey content concisely and develop a unique design style.

Generative AI in the Context of Art and Design

How can ‘artificial intelligences’ (AI) such as ChatGPT, Midjourney and Flux be used meaningfully and sustainably in creative design and art projects? The workshop offers an introduction to the technical basics of these tools and gives participants the opportunity to integrate them competently into their own practice.

Tender Computing

Tender Computing is a concept and workpractice that explores a soft, experimental and playful way of Physical Computing, which means the creative design of interactive objects and spaces. The module provides a project based introduction to Physical Computing and the Tender Concept in a curated lab-like atmosphere.

Creative Coding

In this continuing education module, visual designers learn the fundamentals of generative design and creative coding. In a live coding environment, they develop algorithmically generated forms and typography, experiment with animation, interaction, and audio-reactive visualizations, and design their own digital tools for visual communication.

Inquiry by Design

Visual communication plays a central role in shaping the images we encounter in daily life. Since the design of images is always an interpretation of the world by the designer, visual messages inevitably influence the perception of the beholder. In today’s world of digital communication channels, understanding how images are perceived, both in their visual appearance and the media through which they are disseminated, is essential for creating and sharing them consciously and responsibly.

UX/UI Design

Every day, we view and interact with a wide range of information on various monitors. The terms UX and UI design describe the process of designing these interactions and information.

Type Design - Variable Font

How do letterforms shape the way we read and feel? In this module, you dive into the fundamentals of type design — from sketch to digital font. You explore the aesthetics, structure, and rhythm of typography while developing your own typeface through guided practice and critical reflection.

Requirements and admission

The continuing education programs are primarily aimed at individuals with an academic degree from a recognized university and relevant professional experience after graduation.Individuals with equivalent qualifications will be admitted if their eligibility for participation is demonstrated by other evidence.

For further questions, please contact the Continuing Education Department, Ralf Michel

Organisational matters

Fees

Multiple Bookings:
2 ECTS   CHF   900
4 ECTS   CHF 1700
6 ECTS   CHF 2400
8 ECTS   CHF 3000
10 ECTS CHF 3500

20% discount with a valid student ID (MA/PhD). This must be sent in with the registration (pdf).

Information and regulations

Terms of participation (PDF)
Information on continuing education FHNW (fhnw.ch)
Continuing education regulations of the universities FHNW (fhnw.ch)