Jewellery Design
Over the past decades, design has taken on a significant function in all areas of private and public life. This significance will continue to grow since objects are given an identity through design, design allows interrelations to be identified, thereby providing people with a sense of orientation.
Design takes advantage of state-of-the-art communication media as well as planning methods, thereby meeting social and private requirements in increasingly shorter periods of time.
Design is particularly interdisciplinary in nature, it thrives on the exchange of ideas and suggestions between art, science and practical application, from communication between the designers as well as with users and consumers.
There are two fields of study available for students of design at Hochschule Wismar – Product Design and Jewellery Design. The specialist knowledge taught in artistic and design exercises, periods of work experience and project work serves as an introduction to the complex tasks facing the students in their subsequent fields of activity. The interdisciplinary cooperation between the fields of study and courses is deliberate and promotes the flexibility of the students in terms of their deployment.
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Course Content
The foundation course lasts three semesters. The objective is to convey the artistic, theoretical and technical knowledge required by the students to enable them to work independently on projects in the main part of the course.
In the foundation course the following subjects are offered for students of both fields of study:
- Principles of Design
- Principles of Illustration
- Principles of Planning
- Principles of Technology
- Nature Studies
- Cultural and Art History
The main part of the course consists of four semesters and one semester for the dissertation. It is divided into the field of practical design subjects and the broad range of artistic, scientific-theoretical subjects.
Choice of subjects in the main part of the course (examples):
- Conceptual Jewellery Design/Project Work
- Experimental Design
- Gemology
- Marketing/Management
- Goldsmithing
- Technology-based Product
- Aesthetics-based Product
- History and Theory of Design
- Communication Theory
- Computer Design
Job Description
Graduates of the field of study Jewellery Design can expect to find employment in industrial or manufacturing businesses. For example, they can work in
- art studios,
- the tourist trade,
- educational institutions,
- their own workshops,
- galleries
Facts
Academic Degree
Diplom - Designer (FH) (Dipl. - Des. (FH))
Faculty
Design
Campus / Distance learning
Studies on campus
Normal period
8 Semester
Start of studies
to the winter semester
Specialisations
Produktdesign
Schmuckdesign
Place of study
Wismar
Classroom Languages
german
- Hochschul- bzw. Fachhochschulreife
oder
- Nachweis des Abschlusses einer anderen Vorbildung, die im Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern als gleichwertig anerkannt wird
oder
- Bestehen einer Zugangsprüfung (für Bewerber ohne Hochschul- bzw. Fachhochschulreife) nach mindestens zweijähriger Berufsausbildung und mindestens dreijähriger beruflicher Tätigkeit in einem Berufsfeld, welches einen unmittelbaren Sachzusammenhang zum angestrebten Studiengang aufweist.
oder
- Bestehen einer Prüfung als Abschluss einer Fortbildung zum Meister/ Meisterin nach dem Berufsbildungsgesetz oder der Handwerksordnung in der jeweils gültigen Fassung
sowie
- Nachweis über ein Vorpraktikum von mindestens dreizehn Wochen in Handwerksbetrieben, von denen acht Wochen vor Studienbeginn absolviert sein müssen
und
- erfolgreiche Teilnahme an der Prüfung über den Nachweis einer entsprechenden künstlerischen Befähigung – dieses Verfahren beinhaltet die Einreichung einer Mappe mit künstlerisch-gestalterischen Arbeiten sowie eine Eignungsprüfung.