Projects, Basel Academy of Art and Design

An Investigation in the Uptake of Graphic Design Software in Switzerland and France, 1980–today.

As digitalization advances, images are playing an increasingly important role—especially in making multimodal communication more accessible and inclusive. The research project Text and Image in Easy Language investigates the role of images in Easy Language texts and their impact on text comprehension.

An artistic research project on how digital interfaces restrict queerness and how it can be recovered.

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OSADM _ Open Science in Art, Design and Music

A Design-Commons is to be created for the Alpine region that digitally archives traditional and innovative craft knowledge. Unlike conventional archives, it will be open, freely accessible, and participatory. We are focusing on the period from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, with women receiving appropriate representation.

Funding program for the FHNW mid-level

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In project "DIEO in Art and Design Schools", two Swiss Art and Design Schools initiatives join forces in an interdisciplinary and site­specific pilot program at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design (HGK FHNW) and Department of Performing Arts and Film at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

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Whether we are discussing measures in order to ‘flatten the curve’ in the ongoing pandemic, or what to wear in face of the most recent weather forecast, we make arguments based on patterns and trends observed in data.

The doctoral program MAKE/SENSE at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW promotes practice-oriented research in art and design and focuses on three forward-looking topics.

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