The Study Information Day on Friday, January 23, 2026 offers an extensive program with insights into the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs in Intermedia Design. In addition to general information sessions, you can take part in portfolio consultations, guided tours, and workshops. We look forward to seeing you!
Program
General Information
2:00–6:00 pm | Info Point / FOYER
Here you can get information about the program schedule, on-site orientation, and general questions about studying.
2:00–6:00 pm | Sofa Talk / tba
BA and MA students talk about the application process, their studies, and student life in and around the Quartier Nord. In a relaxed atmosphere, you’ll have the chance to ask your questions directly.
Guided Tours
1:00–2:00 pm | Tour of Quartier Nord / MEETING POINT: FOYER
Get to know the Design Department and gain insights into the labs and workshops with their extensive facilities. Meeting point is the foyer.
2:00–5:00 pm | Exhibition Tours / MEETING POINT: FOYER
BA and MA students guide you in small groups through the exhibitions in the building and give insights into projects, working methods, and course content. Tours start every full hour at the student sofa in the foyer.
Talks / Room 3.05
2:00–3:00 pm | Short Presentations of Student Work (Part 1) / ROOM 3.05
BA and MA students present selected projects in short talks and provide insights into their artistic and design practice. There will be time for questions after each presentation.
3:00–4:00 pm | Presentation of the BA/MA Program / ROOM 3.05
We introduce the study structure, teaching areas, and application requirements of the BA and MA in Intermedia Design and answer your individual questions. This session takes place on site in Room 3.05 and simultaneously online via Zoom.
4:00–5:00 pm | Short Presentations of Student Work (Part 2) / ROOM 3.05
BA and MA students present selected projects in short talks and provide insights into their artistic and design practice. There will be time for questions after each presentation.
Portfolio Consultation
Take the opportunity to discuss your work in person with lecturers on site. Please bring a broad selection of your work.
1:00–3:00 pm
Portfolio consultations take place in Room 1.51a (BA only) with Prof. Stefan Lausch and in Room 3.14b (BA/MA) with Prof. Kathi Kæppel.
4:00–6:00 pm
Portfolio consultations (BA/MA) take place simultaneously in Room 3.08 with Prof. Ralf de Jong, in Room 3.14b with Prof. Dr. Kim Albrecht, and online via Zoom with Prof. Martin tom Dieck.
Exhibitions of the Teaching Areas
2:00–6:00 pm
The exhibitions provide an overview of projects, working methods, and design focuses in the individual teaching areas.
_Visual Design & Illustration / 3rd Floor Corridor
Student work from the areas of illustration and visual design by Prof. Martin tom Dieck and Prof. Stefan Lausch.
_Information Design / ROOM 3.07
Student work from the Information Design teaching area by Prof. Dr. Kim Albrecht.
_Moving Image / ROOM 3.09
Student work from the Moving Image area by Prof. Kathi Kæppel.
_Media Workshop & Digital Publishing / ROOM 3.14a
Student work in the fields of digital media and digital publishing by Anastasija Delidova and Christin Heinze.
_Work in Progress (Coding Fundamentals) / ROOM 0.19 | INTERACTION LAB
In the foundation course with Prof. Claudius Lazzeroni (Interface Design), students work with programmed design systems and complex processes that combine different skills. The focus is on a playful introduction to these working methods. You can look over students’ shoulders as they create their live music videos.
Workshops
2:00–3:00 pm | Sound Forms – Prof. Claudius Lazzeroni / Interface Design / ROOM 0.19 | INTERACTION LAB
The project Klangformen explores perception and communication at the intersection of sound, form, and space. Interactive audiovisual systems are created in which sound triggers design processes and becomes performatively tangible.
2:00–4:00 pm | Letterpress-Workshop – Prof. Ralf de Jong / ROOM 0.12 | LETTERPRESS WORKSHOP
Letterpress printing is the classic typographic printing technique. Today, it is mainly used in typographic education and in free artistic and design-based explorations of type and books. In the letterpress workshop, you can get to know type materials and printing presses and gain your first hands-on experience with letterpress printing. There will also be a small exhibition of projects realized here in recent semesters.
2:00–5:00 pm | Folding Acrobatics – Heike Zobel / ROOM 0.01 | BOOKBINDING WORKSHOP
A wide variety of papers are folded and assembled into diagonal leporellos. Once in motion, many new forms emerge. Discover and try it out yourself—continuous participation is possible in the bookbinding workshop, and you can join at any time.
Further information can be found at the following link: gestaltung.folkwang-uni.de