News

[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

News

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 …

The ExerCube: A physically immersive fitness game (Source: Sphery).

Health we go!

"We need to rethink our relationship with energy"

The winners of this year's SDA-Award: Jonatan Bischof & Elias Diehl. Photo: David Jäggi. © ZHdK.

Jonatan Bischof & Elias Diehl win the SDA-Award 2024

The ZHdK Graduate Award Design 2024 winners: Enrico Bachmann (left) and Armin Aschenbrenner (right). Photo: David Jäggi. © ZHdK.

ZHdK Graduate Award Design 2024

[Translate to English:] Suppentopf. Foto: Isabela Gygax.

To preserve resources

Onari Projects (Anina Amacker & Laura Moor). © Dominik Hodel.

ZHdK graduates win Swiss Design Awards 2024

Showcase and Panel “Renovating Buildings, Yes! But How?”

NEUNOI shoes are given their unique, colourful design by repairing them with leftover leather. © ZHdK.

ZHdK diploma project NEUNOI featured on SRF

Cast/Audiovisual Media student Loris Bosco. Photo: Regula Bearth ZHdK

Everything began with a microphone

News

Save the Date. Buchvernissage «Sterben gestalten»

ZHdK Diploma Exhibition Design. © ZHdK.

Design Diploma Exhibition 2024 and Invitation to the Opening …

From top left to bottom right: SNF Agora Projekt: «The Ice Age Machine», Veranstaltung: «Refresh», SNF-Projekt: «Interfacing the Ocean», SNF-Projekt: «Home-Based Fitness Gaming for Diabetes Intervention», Junior Research in Design Projekt: «Creolization of Design», SNF-Projekt: «Designgeschichte der SBB», Start-up: «finally.», DIZH-Projekt: «Spatial Abilites»

Highlights from the ZHdK 2023 Research Report

“Zukunftsbilder Netto Null” in Burgdorf

Net-zero visions of the future

Five ZHdK successes on the third Project Call of the DIZH …

© finally.

finally on SRF 10 vor 10

Part of the Flamingo Children's Hospice identity. Photo: Anja Rötheli, Noëlle Schmid. © ZHdK.

Cooperation with the Swiss Children's Hospice Foundation

«Domestic Wilderness» at Stapferhaus in Lenzburg. ©ZHdK.

«Domestic Wilderness» at Stapferhaus

The «House of Switzerland» will open its doors during Milano Design Week from 15 to 21 April 2024. © Pro Helvetia und Präsenz Schweiz.

Two ZHdK diploma projects are part of Milano Design Week

«Walking as Research Practice» designed by  Jana Sofie Liebe won the Goldene Letter at the «Best Book Design from all over the World» competition. © Soapbox.

ZHdK students and alumni win internationally renowned book design …

The IceAgeCam has been developed by researchers in science, design and communication. © IceAgeCam.

IceAgeCam research project opens at Felsenegg

The interdisciplinary and public lecture series «Kein Kino» takes place each semester. ©ZHdK.

The new programme for «Kein Kino» is set

The Major Trends & Identity invites to the public lecture series «Jetzt – Gespräche über Identitäten». © ZHdK.

Event Series «Jetzt – Gespräche über Identitäten»

The new issue of the university magazine Zett is now available at the ZHdK.

The new Zett is out!

Presentation of the project results at the Colloquium Junior …

Researchers of the serious & applied games «Spatial Abilities». © DIZH.

Video documentation of the serious & applied Game «Spatial …

Patrik Ferrarelli designed stamps for Swiss Post.

We love type!

Successful ZHdK Researchers

The «BATVISION» VR experience allows users to explore the world of bats. © BATVISION by Somebodyelse, 2023.

The ZHdK spin-off “Somebodyelse” on RTS

Screenshot of the Games «Dissecting Love» by Noe Arnold. © ZHdK.

The game “Dissecting Love” offers queer relationships more …

The BLON Festival focuses on interactive media.© BLON Festival, 2023.

“Psychotic Bathtub” from Game Design graduate awarded at the …

Game Design graduate Natasha Sebben. Photo: David Jäggi. © ZHdK.

Game design graduate wins award for “Psychotic Bathtub” at …

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

Projects from the Department of Design in the “What’s …

New Master Major Industrial Design

The

«100 Beste Plakate 22» at Toni-Areal

Young Graphics Award 2023

Young Graphics 2023 selects six ZHdK graphics projects

Kick-off meeting with the young researchers.

Funded projects in the Junior Research in Design programme 2023

The customised climbing shoes from «hooq». © hooq.

Support the “hooq” climbing shoes via crowdfunding

The 23rd edition of the «Design Prize Switzerland» took place in Langenthal again this year. © Design Prize Switzerland.

“Design Prize Switzerland” goes to two ZHdK projects

Two diploma theses have been nominated for this year's «Prix Europa: Student Award - Rising Star». © Prix Europa.

Diploma projects nominated for the “Prix Europa – Student …

Visualisation of the diploma project «Bergdrama». © ZHdK.

When a landslide is imminent

The Showcase Design website features outstanding diploma projects from the Department of Design. © ZHdK.

The website “Showcase Design 2023” is online

News

REFRESH #5

The «NEUNOI» children's shoe is available on a subscription plan. Image: Thibaut Wenger & Narada Zürrer. © ZHdK.

Diploma project “NEUNOI” in the spotlight

The «CH+ App» is available for the first time for the federal elections. Image: Sophia Walker. © ZHdK.

The research project “Project CH+” offers support during the …

Concrete bridges are used for the installation of bird nesting boxes. © ZHdK.

The “Obru” bird nesting boxes featured in Hochparterre …

The lightweight, breathable and versatile «Para» rain cover is tailored to the needs of people in wheelchairs. © ZHdK.

Two successes for diploma projects

News

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

Pictures of Heidi Grebe from the diploma project «The Real Heidi». © ZHdK.

Blick Magazine features the diploma project “The Real Heidi”.

News

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

Shortly after graduating from ZHdK, Sirah Nying found employment as a journalist and presenter at Swiss Radio and Television SRF. Photograph: Lukas Schmidt.

Interwoven with the present

ZHdK design projects nominated for the “Design Preis Schweiz” …

Cover of “Shnosh – Identity Shipi”. © ZHdK.

Interview about the diploma project “Shnosh – Identity …

The Design Biennale Zurich 2023 will take place again this year in the Old Botanical Garden in Zurich. © Design Biennale Zürich.

ZHdK designers at this year’s Design Biennale Zurich

News

ZHdK Designer:innen an der diesjährigen Design Biennale Zürich

Part of the «Chaos Cuisine» installation. Foto: Bamna Dadashzadeh. © ZHdK.

Diploma project “Chaos Cuisine” in Hochparterre magazine

Exhibition for the symposium «Jeansdinge on the Move» in March 2023 in Geneva. Photo: Emmanuelle Bayart. © HEAD.

New website “Jeansdinge” is online

Bachelor ZHdK Förderpreis Design Gewinnerin Simone Stolz aus der Fachrichtung Knowledge Visualization. Foto: David Jäggi. © ZHdK.

Feierliche Preisverleihungen im Rahmen der Diplomfeier Design

Ava Toyloy und Eileen Good studied Industrial Design at ZHdK.

Gender Design Award «iphiGenia» 2023 for two ZHdK-projects

'Psychotic Bathtub' is a fictionalised game dealing with a psychotic disorder. © Fachrichtung Game Design, ZHdK.

The «Psychotic Bathtub» Game is featured in Hochparterre …

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

Nomination für den Gender Design Award «iphiGenia» 2023

The exhibition «Collective Worldbuilding - Art in the Metaverse» at HEK, Basel. © HEK.

Interaction Design Master's thesis is part of the new exhibition …

Prof. Bitten Stetter from the subject area Trends & Identity. © Claudia Herzog.

Nomination for the Gender Design Award "iphiGenia" 2023

Thermal photographs like these are often the starting point for renovation. The research project “Renovating buildings, yes! But how?” is contributing to the successful transition to climate-proof Swiss buildings. Photograph: Shutterstock

New energy for old buildings

The book

ZHdK Alumni nominated for the Swiss Design Awards

Buchpublikation «BLACK MASCULINITIES».

ZHdK Alumni nominiert für die Swiss Design Awards

Poster-Design der «Stabil» Serie auf Tiktok. © Fachrichtung Cast/Audiovisual Media, ZHdK.

A Tiktok series dealing with social phobia

ZHdK Research Report 2022 / Highlights Design

ZHdK Research Report 2022

Image: Lucca Barberi/Circleg

Inclusive Design: Project Circleg at the Milano Design Week 2023 …

[Translate to English:] Eric Weber develops smart solutions for craft businesses. Photo: Regula Bearth © ZHdK

Learning from others, developing for others

'3FOLD' helps to implant pacemakers safely and quickly.

Design for the surgical theatre

The components of the modular earphones can be easily repaired and upgraded. Photograph: Elements

Durable Headphones

Exhibition Gewerbemuseum "The Bigger Picture"

The ZHdK provides insights into current research projects on

How the arts do research: “Research Day” at the ZHdK

Exhibition «Game Design Today»

Exhibition «Game Design Today»

[Translate to English:] Publication

Funding for two innovative publication projects

Samorost 3, 2016, © Amanita Design

Well beyond Pac-Man

15 students from the 5th semester Cast / Audiovisual Media have developed the first Swiss TikTok series on the topic of Social Anxiety.

First Swiss TikTok Series on Social Anxiety

[Translate to English:] Nicola Canziani, Noe Arnold, Luka Vego und Joël Roth haben den neuen Look der Diplomveranstaltungen der ZHdK gestaltet.

AN OVERDOSE OF GLOBULES

Colloquium: Junior Research in Design

The product is to be sold online from 2023. Visualization: Stella Waldvogel

Sleeve for transgender men with neophallus

ZHdK Startup Finder

Launch of “Design Market”, an initiative of the Department of …

News

Lancierung «Design Market», eine Initiative des Departements Design

100 Beste Plakate 21

The St. Gallen Globe Online

Digital and online: The St. Gallen Globe

Book cover: Give Us a Break! Arbeitermilieu und Designszene im Aufbruch

Publication: "Give Us a Break! Arbeitermilieu und Designszene im …

Linking Cultures: Students for Students Presentations 2022

The Departement of Design at «Berlin Science Week»

Eyes & Ears Award 2022 © Eyes and Ears of Europe

Viral TikTok project honoured with Eyes & Ears Award

Philomena Schwab's latest game is called

A portrait of game developer Philomena Schwab at Blick.ch

Launch of Showcase Design 2022

Filmstill with AQUA:TOFANA. Photo: SRF Kulturplatz

AQUA:TOFANA on SRF Kulturplatz

Key Visual «REFRESH X Fantoche»

Cinebulletin talks about «REFRESH X Fantoche»

Poster REFRESH x Fantoche

Exhibition "REFRESH X Fantoche"

Contributions from the Department of Design at the Zurich Design …

Kick-off meeting with the junior researchers.

New Junior Research in Design projects

[Translate to English:] «Track-track: Let’s follow the cat!»

«Track-track: Let’s follow the cat!» received Best Demo …

Funding for the "Digital Health Design Living Lab"

Photo: Sharon McCutcheon (left) & Alex Kondratiev (right) via Unsplash

ZHdK receives multi-year DIZH funding on digital health design

Visual appearance of the Flamingo Children's Hospice, design proposal of the winning team

A "face" for the Flamingo children's hospice

Carolina Marquez Bernard, Förderpreis Master Design, Picture by Johannes Dietschi (ZHdK)

Winners ZHdK Förderpreis Design and SDA Award 2022

Mit den ADC Awards werden die herausragendsten und wegweisendsten Arbeiten der Werbebranche ausgezeichnet.

ADC Student of the year: Awards for projects by Cast/Audiovisual …

Design alumni honoured at the Swiss Design Award

Design diploma exhibition 2022

[Translate to English:] Sinergia-Projekt «Confederatio Ludens: Swiss History of Games, Play and Game Design 1968-2000»

Neue SNF-Projektförderung der Fachrichtungen Game Design und …

Ludovica Galleani d'Aglianot studies Master Trends & Identity. Photo: Regula Bearth © ZHdK

Reconstructing identity

In her painting “Kapsalon Wonder,” Ellen Gallagher works through the historical entanglements of industry, colonialism and design in global modernity. Detail, gloss varnish, rubber, ink and paper on canvas, 2015. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth; installation shot Johann Jacobs Museum, Zurich 2019. Photograph: © Geneviève Frisson

What is Global Design?

Design alumni nominated for Swiss Design Awards

Annual Research Report 2021

Conference Fashion and Gender

Blockgletscher Punktwolken-Modelldarstellung, Schweizerischer Nationalpark SNP, S. Imfeld

Two new research grants in the context of climate change

Project Circleg at TEDxDornbirn

Book launch of the publication "Kontext Sterben"

Sidney W. and Jenny Brown-Sulzer with their sons Sidney H. and John, ca. 1901, Langmatt Museum Archive.

Boys in dresses?

© Clément Lambelet

Research Publication among the Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2022

Jeansdinge on the Move

Linking Cultures Lecture Series 2022

Open Call - SDN Conference "Counterparts: Exploring Design Beyond …

Museum für Gestaltung: Planet Digital

Exhibition «Planet Digital»

Diverse contributions to the "Planet Digital" exhibition

In his Master's project, Uli Gröber is dealing with the development and implementation of business models in the field of

Portrait of MAS Strategic Design student Uli Gröber on Zett …

Studierende des 5. Semester BA Cast / Audiovisual Media, die das Projekt umgesetzt haben.

Design students address housing shortage with viral "fake" TikTok …

Absolventinnen von Cast / Audiovisual Media mit «Prix Europa» …

Neue Mediale Formate

Beiträge von Trends & Identity an der Ausstellung «The End – …

Swiss Innovation Forum

Swiss Innovation Forum 2021

Winner of the category Going Circular Economy, subcategory NEWCOMER. Project title: Project Circleg. (from left to right) Nicole Colmenares Pulido, Simon Oschwald, Daniel Vafi, Laura Magni, Fabian Engel, Max Calabró

Project Circleg wins Design Prize Switzerland

«Expedition 2 Grad» und «VR Glacier Experience» an der COP26

Umschlag: Eva Wandeler, «nor here nor there»– red, Stills aus Video hd, 8’40’’loop, Baumwolle, thermochrome Farbe, 2021

Beiträge zur Zukunft des Sterbens aus der Fachrichtung Trends & …

Nomination for the "Hall of Fame Award" at the Women in Games …

REFRESH #4 New Realities: Design – Arts – Technology

REFRESH #4 New Realities: Design – Arts – Technology

Linking Cultures Lecture Series 2021

[Translate to English:] Färbeprozess mit Zwiebelschalen und Schweizer Leinen: Caroline Fourré setzt sich mit Local Colours für eine nachhaltigere Textilbranche ein. Foto: © pengworks

Textildesignerin Caroline Fourré wird mit dem Prix Netzhdk …

PRIX EUROPA 2021 Student Award

Nominationen «PRIX EUROPA Student Award»

Digital Shapers 2021

PLOMO Book Illustration

Book Launch PLOMO

Die ZHdK an den Schweizer Digitaltagen 2021

Die Arbeiten der Studierenden-Teams: Das Konzept von Sophie Bäumlin, Milena Küpfer und Jana Lüthi.

ZHdK X PKZ

Call for Papers: Mode und Gender