Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
HfG Offenbach | Fachbereich Design
Prof. Janina Anjuli Schmidt
Digital Design
Prof. Frank Georg Zebner
Industrial Design
Prof. Peter Eckart
Integrating Design
Prof. Lisa Borgenheimer
Information Design
Prof. Dr. Markus Holzbach
Material Design
Prof. Dr. Kai Vöckler
Urban Design
Prof. Dr. Tom Bieling
Design Theory
Prof. Dr. Martin Gessmann
Cultural and Technological Theories
The Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Offenbach is an art college of the state of Hesse. It sees itself as a free space, as an incubator for the development of critical questions and innovative ideas, as a laboratory for the shaping of society through art and design.
The two faculties of art and design each offer a Bachelor’s degree course (eight semesters) and a Master’s degree course (four semesters). The HfG enables interdisciplinary teaching. Other special features of studying at the HfG are the importance attached to theoretical-scientific reflection and the central function of the broadly based, interdisciplinary workshops. One of the strengths of the HfG is the interdisciplinary nature of teaching and research and its strong social relevance, which is reflected in the degree program in specific courses for career preparation, among other things. All degree courses include elective areas of at least one semester, in which students can choose freely from the courses offered by their own and other universities in Germany and abroad.
Department Design
The Department of Design as a place of creative thinking is characterized by great openness. A wide variety of development spaces are fed by an extensive range of design and theory courses. Experimentation, questioning and research are becoming increasingly important in an interdisciplinary information landscape and a dynamic world of knowledge. As a core and cross-sectional discipline, design is dedicated to a wide range of design and research tasks from all areas of society, culture and science, business, nature, technology and industry and focuses on a holistic approach. Today more than ever, studying design means being interested in diverse areas of knowledge, being curious, exploring what is feasible and questioning the law independently. The department responds to this as a place where students can try things out and acquire the necessary means of communication for an interdisciplinary dialog.
Study ProgrammeS
Bachelor of Arts Design
The BA Design opens up a space for creative thinking and demands experimentation, questioning and research in all areas: society, culture, science, business, nature, technology and industry. As a core and cross-sectional discipline, design is dedicated to a wide range of design and research tasks in an increasingly interdisciplinary information landscape, a dynamic world of knowledge, changing social and environmental conditions and in the context of digital technologies and techniques.
Master of Arts Design
The aim of the MA Design program is for students to develop into responsible, reflective and distinguished designers: with regard to the scientific and disciplinary in-depth mastery of tasks in design and its transitions in the sense of a networked discipline. Graduates qualify for independent tasks and independent project approaches as well as for tasks and requirements in management and leadership positions.
