In the competence field of metal design, we link the contexts of art, design and craft. Jewelry and body-related objects, table culture devices and vessels, as well as architecture- and space-related works are the areas in which our students move.
The creative basis for this is a comprehensive understanding of the effect and significance of materials and forms. Here, the aesthetic, cultural and physical aspects are addressed and practiced and used both analogously and digitally.
Central intentions for design processes are our constantly changing environment, the current events of culture, and individual needs. The resulting questions are reflected upon together and the developed motifs can become profile-forming for our students.
The artistic forms of expression are free, the possibilities very diverse. Therefore, the goal of our teaching offer is to accompany and encourage you to find your own expressiveness and form of expression in your work and to develop a sense of authenticity. A vessel, a piece of furniture, a piece of jewelry, an object in relation to the body or to space, can stand for an artistic position. Thus, the tasks and results between use-oriented, applied and free, artistic orientations show.
We design objects of applied art in relation to the body and space.
Our students bring with them different levels of prior knowledge in working techniques and an understanding of materials. In our workshops, they receive correspondingly individual offers of techniques and use them creatively, innovatively and professionally.
So you can study the multiple dimensions and the interaction of space, body and material, apply them creatively in exercises and projects and develop your individual profile in the field of metal design.
According to this view, you can combine the following teaching areas or specialize in one teaching area:
- Jewelry and body related objects - goldsmiths
- Tableware and vessels - silversmiths
- Architectural and spatial works - metal construction/ forging
Interdisciplinary exchange between faculty teaching areas and across departments and universities is encouraged.
Building on the six-semester Bachelor's program, we promote the further development of your individual design skills as well as your leadership and management skills in the four-semester Master's program.