Editorial Design

Jinsu Ahn has been a lecturer in the BA and MA programmes at the Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) at the HGK Basel FHNW since 2014. He has been teaching typography, book design, and conceptual design since 2011. Before graduating with an International Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Graphic Design from UIC/HGK, he completed a FH diploma with a focus on typography at HGK Basel and a BA in Visual Communication Design at Kyoungpook National University in Daegu, South Korea. He has successfully completed various design projects, including a research project on the development of a public design strategy in Daegu City, a documentation project for the Novartis Campus, and the development of a visual identity for the Upper Rhine region – Switzerland, France, and Germany. In addition, he translated Jan Tschichold's books «Typographic Design» and «Selected Essays on Questions of Book Design and Typography» as well as Emil Ruder's work ‘Typography’ into Korean. Jinsu Ahn regularly publishes in international journals on the subject of typography and leads workshops in the “CAS Visual Literacy” continuing education program at HGK Basel.

• Knowledge of Adobe InDesign
• Existing text from the fields of 'science' or 'prose' as source material
  (English or German, 10,000 to 15,000 characters including space) and images (optional, maximum 20 images, resolution at least 5MB per image).

The workshop is aimed at people who want to acquire or deepen skills in editorial design in order to translate narrative content into a professional, graphic language.

The training offers an intensive examination of the relationship between content and form of printed publications. The workshop focuses on this relationship by emphasising the holistic nature of editorial, conceptual and design practices.

Mon 02 Feb - Fri 06 Feb 2026 / 08:30 – 16:30

Mon 02 Feb
08:30 Input 1: «Text-Image relationship»
10:00 Material editing and concept development
13:00 Material editing and concept development
                   

Tue 03 Feb
08:30 Input 2: «Typographic and Image Grid»
10:00 Design and layout development
13:00 Design and layout development

Wed 04 Feb
08:30 Design and layout development / Layout finalization
13:00 Layout finalization

Thur 05 Feb
08:30 Layout finalization / paper selection
13:00 Input 3: «PrePress, Printing and binding», start production

Fri 06 Feb
08:30 Printing and book binding
13:00 Printing and book binding
15:30 Presentation and Apéro

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.-

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

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