Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design
| Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design | |
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| founding | 1776 (college since 1971) |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place |
 Schwäbisch Gmünd
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| state |
 Baden-Württemberg
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| country |
 Germany
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| Rector | Ralf Dringenberg |
| Students | 679 SS 2018 |
| Professors | 27 |
| Website | www.hfg-gmuend.de |
The Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design (HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd ) is a university that specializes purely in the field of design and offers four bachelor's degrees and one master's degree.
According to the Gmünder Modell , the foundation of the studies at the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd is the teaching of the basics of design. The influences of the Bauhaus and the Ulm School of Design are formative for the teaching approach of the HfG.
history
University history
The history of the university goes back to the year 1776, when a drawing school was founded, to which an engraving class was attached in 1828 with the start of industrialization. In 1860 the former drawing school became a trade school with its own specialist department for goldsmiths and silversmiths. In 1909 the Royal College for the Precious Metals Industry was split off . She moved into the newly constructed building designed by the architect Martin Elsaesser in the southwest of the city center, which is still the location of the university today. The program of the then director Walter Klein was in line with Hermann Muthesius , co-founder of the Deutscher Werkbund, striving for progress .
The First World War in 1914 caused a sudden drop in the number of students. However, the school quickly recovered from the chaos of war. The school received a new constitution in 1923 and, through an initiative of the Deutscher Werkbund, became a state higher technical school for the precious metal industry in 1924 . This was followed by influences from Bauhaus greats such as Josef Albers , Lászlo Moholy-Nagy and Wilhelm Wagenfeld , among other things at the endeavors of Rector Walter Klein . Just two years later, the first "Industrial Design Class" was set up - under the impression of Walter Klein's trip to Dessau. After the end of the Second World War, it was renamed the State Higher Technical School for Precious Metals in 1950. Two years later, the “Industrial Design Class” was resumed by the new headmaster Walter Lochmüller and became one of the most renowned in its field. In 1960 the class was expanded to become a design department .
In 1965 it was converted into the Schwäbisch Gmünd State Art School . After the emphasis on craftsmanship so far, there was a strong focus on design issues. There were
Industrial design, graphic design and jewelry design courses established. They formed the basis for the College of Design , which was established in 1971 and whose first rector was Karl Dittert . He took on the task of leading the university away from artistic to design programs, which refers to the training concept of the Ulm School of Design. The previous institutions were still clearly oriented towards the local commercial structure with their range of courses, whereas the educational mandate of the technical college was already to be seen nationwide.
In 1983, the University of Applied Sciences adopted a new basic structure that refrained from dividing it into separate departments. The three newly established courses in product design, jewelery design and visual design were no longer strictly delimited and permeable. In addition, all courses were based on the foundation of independent design principles. In 1987, the focus on media was introduced in the visual communication course. In the winter semester of 1989, the focus on digital media was introduced, from which the current course in interaction design emerged in 2007 . The conversion of the previous diploma courses to the new bachelor courses took place in 2004. Since 2005 the University of Design has had the addition University of Applied Sciences in English .
During renovation work on the building in Rektor-Klaus-Straße, the university had temporarily moved to several locations within the city (e.g. Gmünd-TECH and Zapp) from 2010. After the renovation work was completed, the university returned to the regular building in autumn 2015.
Due to the steadily growing number of students at the university, a spatial expansion was created with the move to the new building on the Gamundia area between Schwäbisch Gmünd station and Stadtgarten .
Elsaesserbau (Rektor-Klaus-Straße 100)
The construction was carried out at the request of Rector Walter Klein , among others . The town council of Schwäbisch Gmünd decided in 1906 to add the trade museum and the Erhard antiquity collection to a possible new building. For this purpose, a suitable site was allocated on what was then the outskirts of the city on a hillside. The young architect Martin Elsaesser won the following public architectural competition, in which 132 designs were submitted . The interior of the building, which was inaugurated in July 1909, was mainly done by Franz Mutzenbecher , Jakob Brüllmann and Jakob Wilhelm Fehrle . Elsaesser carried out several expansion stages between 1923 and 1954. He delivered the draft for the increase shortly before his death, but he did not live to see the implementation. In 1968 the museum wing was transferred to the university.
In 1955 and 1992 there were interior renovations, 1987 renovations on the exterior.
During the construction work for the 100th anniversary, defects in the listed building were discovered, which resulted in a comprehensive renovation of the Alsatian building from 2010 to 2014. In two construction phases, all surface, structural and functional deficits were eliminated, and windows and insulation were renewed in order to reduce the building's energy consumption. Taking into account the monument protection, the Alsatian building was adapted to the requirements of a modern university study. In addition to the core renovation and the technical modernization, emphasis was placed on bringing the original building functions of the Art Nouveau building to light. After completion of the extensive renovation and modernization work and the resumption of teaching operations, the headquarters was ceremoniously handed over by the Ministry of Finance and Economics of Baden-Württemberg on July 9, 2015.
courses
- Interaction Design (Bachelor)
- Internet of Things - Designing Networked Systems (Bachelor)
- Communication Design (Bachelor)
- Product Design (Bachelor)
- Strategic Design (Master)
The bachelor's degree programs in communication and product design have been offered since 2004, and interaction design followed in 2007 . In 2014, the Strategic Design master’s program began operations and replaces the previously separate master’s programs Communication Planning and Design and Product Planning and Design . Since 2015, in cooperation with Aalen University, the university has been the first university in German-speaking countries to offer the Internet of Things bachelor's degree . Design of networked systems . All five courses are successfully accredited.
In the basic design subjects, the students deal with the categories of surface and space, light and color, time and movement and thus experience the regular relationships between perception and design. The focus here is on constructive and free drawing, typography , photography , film and multimedia .
The teaching materials offered include a. Design and media theory , sociology , design thinking, systems theory , ecology and environmental science , material and production techniques , semiotics and perception theory, project planning and management.
Internship semester
In the 5th semester, experience in companies, institutions or design offices in Germany or abroad should complement the theoretical content taught so far. The practical semester lasts 26 weeks and is an essential part of university education. It must be successfully completed before admission to the 6th semester.
Semester abroad
The SOCRATES and ERASMUS programs of the European Union support selected students who work for a semester at a European partner university or who want to take part in seminars or workshops there.
University personalities
Furnishing
- Library: more than 22,000 media on all aspects of design;
- Media center: film and video studio for digital and analog image and sound recording, animation, editing and editing;
- Workshops: Precision mechanics workshop and CNC laboratory, rapid prototyping, freeform and casting techniques, central workshop, painting and spraying rooms;
- Data center: more than 80 computer workstations and 20 central servers with slide recorders for black and white and color originals, scanners, digital cameras and color laser printers;
- Photo laboratory & photo studio: two recording studios with flash light systems and daylight lamps, analog and digital cameras, black and white photo laboratory with ten workstations, where all formats from small pictures to large format negatives can be exposed;
- Plotters: Large format printers enable students to output sizes up to DIN A00 in unlimited length;
- Repro laboratory: professional equipment for generating and processing digital image data. High quality A3 flatbed and transmitted light scanners;
- Media laboratory: possibility to try out different augmented and virtual reality technologies and to research new areas of application. A number of haptic-sensory projects that show a common basic configuration enable the comparison of differentiated applications of input and output devices.
HfG Design Campus
The HfG Design Campus is a taster course that has existed since 2007. The university grants students practical insights into everyday university life and professional orientation. After it was initially offered in the summer holidays, the trial course has been taking place in the Whitsun and autumn holidays since 2018.
literature
- Walter Klein : The State Higher Technical School for Precious Metals Industry, Schwäb. Gmuend. Ed. On the occasion of d. 150 years Anniversary d. Technical school Gmünd in July 1926. (= Gmünder Kunst. Volume 5). Schwäbisch Gmünd 1926.
- Alfred Lutz : University of Applied Sciences for Design Schwäbisch Gmünd. In: Einhorn Jahrbuch Schwäbisch Gmünd 1980. Einhorn, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1981, ISBN 3-921703-30-1 , p. 225ff.
- Alfred Lutz: University of Applied Sciences for Design Schwäbisch Gmünd. In: Einhorn Jahrbuch Schwäbisch Gmünd 1981. Einhorn, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1981, ISBN 3-921703-40-9 , p. 236ff.
- Harald Stetzer, Gabriele N. Reichert, Thomas Rurik: Design in the Modern Project: Development and Orientation of the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design. Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-929638-07-X .
Web links
- Website of the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design
- Website for applicants to the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design
Individual evidence
- ↑ hfg-gmuend.de
- ↑ Statistical Reports Baden-Württemberg, State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg, Article No. 3234 15001 B III 1 - j / 15, teaching and education from September 1, 2015 ( memento from October 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) at www.statistik.baden-wuerttemberg.de (pdf)
- ↑ Harald Stetzer, Gabriele N. Reichert, Thomas Rurik: Design in the project of modernity . Stuttgart 1997, p. 14 .
- ↑ Harald Stetzer, Gabriele N. Reichert, Thomas Rurik: Design in the project of modernity . Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-929638-07-X , p. 15 .
- ↑ City of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Culture and Information Office: Design from Schwäbisch Gmünd . Ed .: City of Schwäbisch Gmünd. Schwäbisch Gmünd 1990, p. 12 .
- ↑ City of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Culture and Information Office: Design from Schwäbisch Gmünd . Schwäbisch Gmünd 1990, p. 12 .
- ↑ The new building on the Gamundia area is occupied. (PDF) In: schwaebische-post.de. May 12, 2015, accessed June 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Richard Strobel, State Monuments Office Baden-Württemberg: The art monuments of the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd. Volume 4: Churches and secular buildings outside the old town, districts. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-422-06381-1 , pp. 237–244.
- ↑ Rescued: From 2010 to 2014 the HfG is housed in Gmünd-Tech and in Zapp / Land promises renovation in one go. December 15, 2009. (remszeitung.de)
- ↑ HfG celebrates its return. Retrieved June 4, 2018 .
- ↑ University history. Retrieved June 9, 2017 .
- ↑ HfG Design Campus 2017. Accessed June 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Trial course Design Campus. Retrieved June 4, 2018 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 35 " N , 9 ° 47 ′ 37" E