Köln International School of Design
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| Köln International School of Design | |
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| Scientific facility of the: | University of Applied Sciences Cologne (Fachhochschule Köln) |
| Director: | Prof. Jens Grosshans |
| Established: | 1991 (renamed in 2002) |
| Location: | Cologne (North Rhine Westphalia, Germany) |
| Areas of expertise: | |
| Total numbers of students: | xx (25% international students) |
| Professors: | 14 |
| Assistants: | 21 |
| Address of the Director: | Köln International School of Design Ubierring 40 D-50678 Cologne |
| Website: | www.kisd.de |
The Köln International School of Design (in short: KISD) is an institution of the University of Applied Sciences Cologne and is offering an interdisciplinary study program in the field of design. Their approach is to understand design as a complex process. Therefore design education should always adapt to the challenges of life- and work environment. In 2002 – eleven years after the Cologne Model of design education was initiated in 1991 – they did another big step: The change from the Design Department to the Köln International School of Design.
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[edit] History
In 1991 Michael Erlhoff and his colleagues founded the Department of Design of the University of Applied Sciences Cologne.[citation needed]
[edit] Internationality
Already 25 % of the students in the current term are internationals.
Besides a four years diploma-program, they offer the new Master of European Design-program. Furthermore they are planning different new postgraduate Master-programs and the first Ph.D.-program in Design in cooperation with the University of Western Sydney, Australia.
[edit] Areas of expertise and main focus
Key aspects of the areas of expertise are e.g. healthcare, mobility, work environment, knowledge and educational organisations. This twelve areas of expertise are the focus of the project-oriented design programme. Students have to enroll for at least ten areas of expertise and can develop their own main focusses.
- Audiovisual media
- Corporate identity
- Design for Manufacturing
- Design concepts
- Design management
- Design theory and -history
- Gender and design
- Interface design
- Ecology and design
- Production technology
- Service design
- Typography and layout
