Courses

Design History and Theory is offered at introductory and advanced levels to students across design disciplines. The courses are designed to engage with and reflect upon emergent practices and discourses in contemporary design.

Einführung in Theorie und Geschichte des Design I

Design After Modernism: From Radical to Shanzhai

Lecture

Heng Zhi

Course language: German

Winter Semester 2026/2027

Introduction to Design History and Theory I

Deep Fake: A Design History

Pro-seminar

Dr. Leah Armstrong

Course language: English

Winter Semester 2026/2027

Design und Culture

Critical Design: From Critique to Crisis?

Seminar

Dr. Leah Armstrong

Course language: English

Winter Semester 2026/2027

Design and Diversity

Design Histories Beyond Euro-America: Worlds, Canons, and Counter-Narratives

Pro-Seminar

Dr. Ufaq Inaam

Course language: English

Winter Semester 2026/2027

Kolloquium für Master- und Doktoratsstudierende

Colloquium

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alison J. Clarke

Course language: English

Winter Semester 2026/2027