M.A. in Conceptual Textile Design

The students will be prepared for a professional environment, in which conception, communication, presentation and cooperation are just as important as the development of the product itself. The orientation towards production and markets as well as the close contact with science and research result in an open, varied job profile for textile designers. In the master’s degree course Conceptual Textile Design, the students deepen their professional competence, e.g. conceptual thinking, strategic action and structured design, preparing them to work in leading positions in various textile related and neighbouring fields of activity.

The extensively equipped textile workshops, the possibility of cooperating with other degree courses – like Fashion, Interior Architecture and Industrial Design – as well as the large variety of theory-based design subjects offer the students some excellent options. They can achieve a complex understanding of textile design; experimentally research visionary material and project ideas; further explore questions concerning trendsetting solutions for products, interiors and clothing, which are in line with aesthetic appeal, sustainability and functionality.

Die umfangreiche Ausstattung textilbezogener Werkstätten, die Möglichkeit zur Kooperation mit den Studiengängen Mode, Innenarchitektur und Industriedesign sowie ein großes Angebot an designwissenschaftlichen Fächern, bietet den Studierenden hervorragende Optionen zur Entwicklung einer komplexen Auffassung von Textildesign; zu experimentellem Erforschen visionärer Material- und Produktideen; zur Erweiterung der Fragestellungen an zukunftsweisende Lösungen für Produkte, Räume und Bekleidung, bei denen Ästhetik, Nachhaltigkeit und Funktion miteinander in Einklang stehen.

In the Conceptual Textile Design master’s programme, students further develop professional skills such as conceptual thought, strategic action and structured design so that they will be able to work in positions of responsibility in various textile-related and other associated fields.

Teaching content

The comprehensive equipment available in textiles workshops, the opportunity for cooperation with the Fashion, Interior Architecture and Industrial Design courses, and the wide range of design theory subjects available provide the students with excellent options for the development of a sophisticated understanding of textile design, for experimental investigation of visionary material and product ideas, and for broadening the search for innovative solutions for products, spaces and clothing that combine aesthetics, sustainability and function in a harmonious manner.

Course of study

The two-semester master’s course can be taken after an eight-semester bachelor’s course has been completed. The focus here is on a comprehensive master’s thesis on an individual design topic.

The four-semester master’s course offers students conceptual project studies in the first two semesters; a study programme oriented towards individual focal areas can be assembled here from various elective choices. The course of study is completed by a master’s thesis that will visualise a complex concept.

Prerequisites

The master’s courses are aimed at graduates with a bachelor’s or a ‘Diplom’ degree with an artistic/design emphasis. However, interested graduates of other disciplines who have relevant qualifications may also be admitted to a master’s course after taking the course-specific entrance test.

Degree

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Brief information

• Subject-specific project
• Development of individual profile
• Work on the student’s own design projects
• Supplemented by course elements in theoretical elements and art and design studies
• Duration: Two or four semesters
• Degree awarded after master’s thesis

Prerequisites

Master’s courses at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design are aimed at graduates of bachelor’s or ‘Diplom’ courses with an artistic/design emphasis. All applicants have to take a course-specific entrance test; interested graduates of other disciplines who have relevant qualifications may also be admitted to a master’s course after taking this test. Most courses also require proof of relevant practical placements or comparable practical experience along with this test.

Standard duration of course

The duration of the master’s course is flexible and depends on the duration of the preceding successfully completed degree:

• Two semesters: In the case of a preceding completed degree in the same subject after a four-year bachelor’s course with 240 ECTS points or a comparable ‘Diplom’ degree.
• Four semesters: In the case of a preceding completed degree in the same subject after a three-year bachelor’s course or for graduates of art/design courses in a different subject area or other courses

• Ansprechpartner

• Prof. Bettina Göttke-Krogmann
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  06108 Halle (Saale)
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• Regelstudienzeit

• 2 bis 4 Semester, Masterthesis im letzten Semester

• Kosten

• Keine Studiengebühren

• Registrierung

• Die Online-Anmeldung zur Masterbewerbung für interne Studierende ist für das folgende Wintersemester vom 1. April bis 15. Mai möglich.