Editorial Design and Publishing

The workshop is intended for individuals who wish to acquire or enhance their skills in editorial design in order to translate narrative content into a professional and distinctive visual language.

Prerequisites: knowledge of Adobe InDesign, an existing text (10,000 to 15,000 characters with spaces), and visuals (optional, maximum 20 images, minimum 5MB per ima

Prof. Marion Fink, graduate designer, Master of Art (RCA) (*1971) has been a lecturer at the Institute of Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) at the Academy of Art and Design since 2004 and head of the Bachelor degree programme of Visual Communication and Digital Spaces since 2021. The focus of her design practice and teaching is on typography, editorial design, and information design. 

Marion Fink studied Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences in Würzburg for one year, Visual Communication at the University of Design Schwäbisch Gmünd from 1994 till 1997 and Visual Communication, Art, and Design at the Royal College of Art in London with Margret Calvert and Lol Sargent from 1997 till 1999. From 1998 till 1999, she held a scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service.

After graduating, she worked as a designer in renowned offices in London, e.g., Pentagram or MetaDesign, and was a lecturer at Kingston University and the London College of Printing. From 2000, she worked as Art Director at Mutabor in Hamburg and KMS Blackspace in Munich. From 2002 till 2008, she was a founding member and partner of MarX, a design studio in Munich. In 2004, she was appointed Professor in Basel. In addition to her full-time work there, she leads workshops at the Munich University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Design, and for the Winter and Summer Workshop Programme of IDCE.

Jinsu Ahn, an FH designer specializing in typography and Master of Fine Arts UIC/HGK (*1976) has been a lecturer in Typography, Book Design, and Conception in the Bachelor's and Master's programme at the Institute of Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) of FHNW HGK in Basel since 2015. Before graduating with the International Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design UIC/HGK, he completed the FH diploma specializing in typography at HGK and the BA at Kyoungpook National University in Daegu, South Korea.

He has successfully completed various design projects, including a research project to develop a public design strategy in Daegu City, a documentation project for Novartis Campus, and developing ideas for a corporate identity of the Upper Rhine region – that is, Switzerland, France, and Germany. He has translated Typographische Gestaltung und Ausgewählte Aufsätze über Fragen der Gestalt des Buches und der Typographie [Typographic Design and Selected Essays on Questions of the Shape of the Book and Typography ] by Jan Tschichold into Korean and publishes articles on typography in international journals and magazines.

He was a research assistant at HGK from 2009 to 2015 and has been teaching and leading interdisciplinary workshops since 2011. 

The Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) / The Basel School of Design offers workshops for students, educators and graphic designers.

The workshops afford insights into topical themes of visual communication in a study programme reflecting the rich tradition of the Basel School of Design. Practical exercises with a high level of professionalism form the core of the workshops focus. Reflection as well as contextual knowledge will be conveyed by way of input sessions, allowing participants’ work to be judged within a contemporary, future-oriented context relevant to professional practice. The trinational Rhine River Valley is a unique cultural environment with easy access to France and Germany and to sites such as the Vitra Design Museum (G), the Isenheimer Alter (F), or Ronchamps (F). In Basel, the Fondation Beyeler, Tinguely Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Schaulager, and Museum of Contemporary Art are world-renowned. Besides its museums, Basel offers a rich mixture of cultural events.

Registration fee per workshop season: CHF 40.

Booking within one workshop season:
1 week: CHF 900.–
2 weeks: CHF 1700.–
3 weeks: CHF 2400.–
4 weeks: CHF 3000.–
5 weeks: CHF 3500.–