Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main
Founded in 1832
Head of institution
President, Professor Bernd Kracke
Address
Schlossstrasse 31
Postal Address
Schlossstrasse 31, DE-63008 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Phone +49 69 800 590
Fax +49 69 8005 9109
Website http://www.hfg-offenbach.de
Campuses
Cumulus Contact person
Dean, Professor Frank Georg Zebner
P.O. Box 10 08 23, DE-63008 Offenbach am Main
Phone +49 69 8005 9150, Fax +49 69 8005 9151
E-mail zebner[at]hfg-offenbach.de
Other contact persons
Dr. Vera Sponheimer-Bram, sponheimer-Bram[at]em.uni-frankfurt.de
Summary
Mission
Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach has been a college of art and & design with university status since 1970, though it goes back as far as the year 1832. What makes our college different from other colleges of art and design is its highly open approach: fine arts, media studies and applied design are accorded the same degree of importance in terms of teaching and integrative development. An important factor in this is the interaction of theory and design, experiment and product as well as new and old techniques in image production. The promotion of communicative intelligence is just as much one of our aims as is acquiring an emotional, sensuous level of maturity. The concept of reality in art, design and the media has been highly influenced by developments in cross-medial and cross-cultural convergences. This is reflected in our course structures. We aim to train artists and designers to enable them to master professional demands that are constantly changing. The degree course offers a choice of five different final examination topics: art, communication design, media studies, stage design [Dept. of Visual Communication] and product design [ibid.]. Additionally, the college offers a one-year (2-semester), project-oriented postgraduate course.
International role
Member of ELIA
Partner Universities in Taipeh, Havanna, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Queensland, Auckland and many European Countries
National role
Member of Hessische Theaterakademie
Future Hessische Film- und Medienakademie
Main focus
Art, Design and Media
Education
Faculties and departments
Visual Communication
Product/Industrial Design
Master level programs
Visual Communication: 5 years
Product/Industrial Design: 5 years
Research
Research activity and main areas
The Department Industrial Design offers practical and theoretical design education. The "theory of product language" is worldwide recognizes as a major contribution to design. The department concentrates on a "disciplinary approach" of designtheory and the relation to other disciplines (interdisciplinarity). We are interested to find new cooperations for this very unique approach.
Exchange
Subject areas for exchange students
Industrial design, visual communication (graphic design, art, media)
Application deadlines
winter semester: mid June
summer semester: mid December
Teaching languages
German
Semester dates
Mid October - mid February
Mid April - mid July