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Transversal Design*

Transversal Design is a research-oriented, transdisciplinary master's programme. On this programme students develop practices that include–– alternative media, speculative models, practices of care, tools for solidarity and radical proposals for worlds in transition. Our design focus is not primarily about objects or products but on processes, modes of relating, questions of environmental-social justice, and the critical infrastructures on which we collectively depend. You will work on self-led projects mentored and supported in the Critical Media Lab and HyperWerk at the Institute Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM). Guided by an expert team and internationally recognized visiting lecturers and researchers you can design, film, draw, program, publish, code, play, build, research, organize, or write. Shaping practices around the important questions of why, how, and for whom in theory and practice, in organizing the futures-we-need.

Key data

Degree
Master of Arts FHNW
ECTS points
120
Start of semester
September (week 38)
Next start
Mon. 16.09.2024 | Fall Semester *
Final application date
Fri, 15.3.2024
Studying mode
fulltime
Duration
4 Semester
Teaching language
English (B2 or equivalent)
Place
Basel
Stay abroad
possible
Application fee
CHF 200.- (incl. aptitude assessment and enrolment)
Semester fee
CHF 700 (CH); CHF 1.000 (EU); CHF 1.250 (Not-EU/EFTA) Fees detail

 

* New as of fall semester 2024/25: Master's programme in Transversal Design / Subject to def. approval by University Board

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Institute Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM)

to Institute Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM)

Institute of Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM)

FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland Basel Academy of Art and Design, Institute of Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM), Tower: D. 3.01 Freilager-Platz 1 CH - 4142 Münchenstein near Basel