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A voyage through the climate zones. Animation: Cast / Audiovisual Media students. © ZHdK.

Cast Students Create Educational Videos on Climate Zones for SRF …

A big hall at the Museum für Gestaltung; Many people in the audience. On stage there are five people, the screen behind them says

Junior Design Research Conference 2025 at ZHdK

Long shot portrait, writing:

Student Portraits BA and MA Major Design

«Empower Trikot» by Naomi Eggli & Dagna Salwa. © Tamara Janes.

«EMpower Trikot» Awarded at «Die Besten 2025»

Visual Identity Showcase Design 2025 by Tunay Bora. © ZHdK.

Showcase Design 2025

Welcome Day Design 2025. © David Jäggi.

Information on MA Majors in Design

Exhibition Poster «Affect, Agency and Attention: Audiovisual Narratives Sharing ZHdK/ICI». © ICI.

Cast Diploma Projects at Xiamen University in China

«100 beste Plakate 24» at ZHdK

«In Engadin'Ota» by Armando Guetg. © ZHdK.

Six Wins at Junge Grafik

Wohnrevue Special Edition. Photo: Guillaume Musset. © ZHdK.

Wohnrevue x Design ZHdK

Keyvisual Glacier Lifeline

Glacier Lifelines – The Future of Central Asia’s Water

Design your city

Multiple projects nominated for the Design Prize Switzerland

Board game «ImaginEd». © PHZH and ZHdK.

Launch «ImaginEd – Ein Brettspiel für die Schule der …

Panel on the topic

Diploma Projects at the Climate Week in New York

Study project «Bijou. Atmosphäre und Erkundung im handgezeichneten 2D-Spiel» by Alain Aebersold.

Information Events CAS Games & Play in Virtual Spaces

Publication of the Manual «Designing Podcasts»

Cast / Audiovisual Media at the Zurich Film Festival 2025

James Dyson Award Switzerland 2025

Exhibition «REFRESH X Fantoche» (2025). © David Jäggi.

Recap REFRESH X Fantoche 2025

«CalciCoral» by Karya Anliak. © ZHdK.

Interaction Design exhibits at Ars Electronica

Es klimaneutrals Lozärn, jo gärn!

Future scenarios show a climate-neutral Canton Lucerne

Identity REFRESH X Fantoche by Abhash Mittal. © ZHdK.

REFRESH X Fantoche 2025

Project presentation of CHORNOZEM at Falling Walls Lab Switzerland. © Jasmin Frei.

Double Win at Falling Walls Lab Switzerland

Design that gets under the skin

Short films by Trends & Identity in the Landesmuseum Zürich

The nominees for the design sponsorship award. Portrait: David Jäggi. © ZHdK.

Sponsorship Award 2025

© Museum für Gestaltung

Experience design projects created in teaching and research!

Diploma project «Ring for Bling» at the Zurich Design Weeks …

Rasa Weber sketching underwater, Corsica 2025

Cyborgs among water creatures

Nominees and winners of the «REFESH X Punch Prize». Graduation Ceremony Design 2025. Foto: David Jäggi. © ZHdK.

«REFRESH X Punch Prize» 2025

Nominees and Winners of the SDA Bachelor Award. Graduation Ceremony Design 2025. © ZHdK.

SDA Bachelor Award 2025

Jessica Baumgartner, Cast / Audiovisual Media alumna, wins the …

Graphic novel «Dazwischen die Einsamkeit» by Simone Stolz

Epic Steps! Well prepared for leaving care

Dr. Matt Winning. Photo: Guillaume Musset

Review of Climate Content Day: Reflections on climate …

Cast students at ESC. Credits: Nadia Holdener.

Cast students created content for the SRG Public Value team to …

Elsi Kleinpeter (later Giauque): Collar and cuffs, pearl weaving, 1921, Photo: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Kunstgewerbesammlung, ZHdK

Exploring Sources: The Textile Class at the Zurich School of …

Gomphocerus sibiricus; Photo: Oliver Hawlitschek (UZH)

Three new ZHdK projects on the DIZH Innovation program

Receipt for Overshoot Day at Lindenhof in Zurich. Photo: Samuel Schalch / Greenpeace

Swiss Overshoot Day 2025

Bachelor student Loris Truninger

On everyday culture and gingerbread

ZHdK is «full individual member» of EUA-CDE

[Translate to English:] Jubiläumsveranstaltung 20 Jahre Game Design. Foto: Guillaume Musset

Zurich game designers in the spotlight

Cover of the book. Design Manu Beffa. Photograph: Jonas Konrad: das neue blau, 2020

Fashion as a practice that creates identity

Book cover “Mode & Gender” (2025). Cover by Jonas Konrad.

Book launch “Mode & Gender”

Blumen – die Tagung

Flowers – the conference

Keyvisual KEIN KINO by Abhash Mittal. © ZHdK.

Interdisciplinary Lecture Series KEIN KINO

Prof Dr Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken

Prof. Dr. Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken is a new member of the SNSF …

ZHdK Research looks back on a successful year

«What's Next_Project» is part of the ZHdK Z-Kubator incubation programme. © ZHdK.

Projects from the Department of Design are part of the …

Goran Saric. Photo: David Jäggi. © ZHdK.

Goran Saric is the new head of the Bachelor's major in Game …

Now online: Presentation Master's Major in Design

Creativity methods in the CAS Design Methods. Photo: Annina Indermühle.

What is «Warm your hands»?

DIZH Structure Call: Two ZHdK successes

The Healthathon will take place on 7 December in the Toni-Areal. © ZHdK.

Digital Health Design Challenge 2024 – Healthathon

«Final_Backup» by Jonatan Bischof and Elias Diel at the ZHdK diploma exhibition 2024. © ZHdK.

Nominations for the audience award «Die Besten 2024»

The FlexAssist chair improves the mobility and independence of elderly people on public transport. © ZHdK.

«FlexAssist» wins Age Innovation Prize 2024

Two new projects for the Digital Health Design Living Lab

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Jubiläumsveranstaltung 20 Jahre Game Design

[Translate to English:] Die Förderpreise wurden im Rahmen eines informellen Abendessens verliehen. Fotos: Guillaume Musset © ZHdK

Award-winning diploma theses

The biggest Design module at ZHdK

Keyvisual «100 beste Plakate 23 Deutschland Österreich Schweiz». Design: Studio Es (Verena Panholzer). © Studio Es.

«100 beste Plakate 23» at the ZHdK

© Swiss Design Network.

Swiss Design Network Symposium: Design Research

Winner of the «Eyes & Ears Award» in the «New Talents» category Luca Bass (middle). © Photo: Jan Knoff / Eyes & Ears of Europe 2024.

One award and three nominations for Cast / Audiovisual Media …

The interdisciplinary group show REFRESH X Fantoche #3 took place at Stanzerei Baden. Foto: Charles Hanil Roberge. © ZHdK.

REFRESH X Fantoche #3

Key visual: Tunay Bora. © ZHdK.

Showcase Design 2024

Bachelorarbeit «Decompose» (2022) von Milena Shields. © ZHdK Game Design.

Milena Moser mit ihrem Diplomprojekt «Decompose» am Stadtfestival Bern

The diploma project «More Moor» by Riva Pinto was part of the «REFRESH × Punch Prize» exhibition in New York City. Photo: Cedrig Craig. © Swissnex.

REFRESH × Punch Prize at Climate Week in NYC

Photographs: Reto Togni, Stefan Villiger

“Things rarely work straightaway”

Game Design Student Elin Giger. Photo: Regula Bearth.

Sharing one’s world

The public event series «Now - Conversations about Identities» is organised by Major Trends & Identity.© ZHdK.

Now - Conversations about Identities

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken. Photo: David Jäggi. © ZHdK.

Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken has been appointed as the new …

Bachelor's Major in Industrial Design graduate Nadine Brandenberg. © ZHdK.

Diploma project «senso» honoured with James Dyson Award …

The project «More Moor» by Riva Pinto at the ZHdK Diploma exhibition 2024. Photo: Riva Pinto. © ZHdK.

Winners Punch Prize 2024

Dafi Kühne in his printing studio in Näfels/Glarus. Photo: Hanna Jaray. © Gewerbemuseum Winterthur.

Workshop Show with Dafi Kühne at Gewerbemuseum Winterthur

Lecturer Karin Seiler. Photo: Regula Bearth.

Revealing what happens in the hidden

One of the two Hermès window displays on Zurich's Paradeplatz, designed by ZHdK design students. © Alicia Dubuis.

Hermès × ZHdK at Zurich Design Weeks

Zurich Design Weeks will take place from 12 to 29 September 2024. © Zurich Design Weeks.

Diploma project «Self-Determined» at the Zurich Design Weeks

Keyvisual by Abhash Mittal & Louie Rechsteiner. © ZHdK.

REFRESH X Fantoche #3

Still from the short animation «Proceed to Rescue» by Enrico Bachmann. Image: Enrico Bachmann. © ZHdK.

Diploma project «Proceed to Rescue» in collaboration with SOS …

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Save the Date. Buchvernissage «Sterben gestalten»

finally on SRF 10 vor 10

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REFRESH #5

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Two successes for diploma projects at the James Dyson Award 2023 Switzerland

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Blick Magazine features the diploma project «The Real Heidi».

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ZHdK Designer:innen an der diesjährigen Design Biennale Zürich

Prof. Bitten Stetter aus der Fachrichtung Trends & Identity. © Claudia Herzog.

Nomination für den Gender Design Award «iphiGenia» 2023

Buchpublikation «BLACK MASCULINITIES».

ZHdK Alumni nominiert für die Swiss Design Awards

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Lancierung «Design Market», eine Initiative des Departements Design