Design History – the Myth of Swiss Style

Sandra Bischler-Hartmann is a design historian, holding a BA in Visual Communication and an MA in Art and Design Science. Since 2016, she has been part of the scientific staff at the Institute Digital Communication Environments at Basel Academy of Art and Design. Her research focuses on the history of graphic design and typography. As a doctoral student, she contributed to the SNSF Sinergia research project “Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited” (2016–2020). In her PhD dissertation, she analyzes graphic design education in Switzerland during the mid-twentieth century, examining educational principles and design philosophies with regard to their integration and migration across national borders. She works as an exhibition curator and a lecturer on design history at universities in Switzerland and Germany

The Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) offers workshops for students, educators and graphic designers.

The workshops afford insights into topical themes of visual communication for analogue and digital communication channels 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.

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

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