- Course location
- Weimar
- Teaching language
- • English
- Language level of course
- • English: B1, B2, C1, C2
- Date(s)
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15 August - 29 August 2026 (registration deadline: 1 May 2026)
- Information on dates, prices and mode of study
- The course price includes lunch on course days, a welcome package, excursions, and a social programme as well as the farewell and welcome events.
- Target group
- This course is open to students of graphic design, architecture, product design, or design management as well as beginners and interested people with design experience who want to (re-)discover, refresh and expand the basics of visual design principles.
There are no prerequisites for participation.
- Description/content
- “Everything starts from a dot.” Wassily Kandinsky
Discover design principles by working with visual elements (dot, line, shape). It's about composition, creativity and developing aesthetic skills in the context of Bauhaus. The fundamental language of design principles by working with design elements is the topic of the course. The focus is on composition, perception, creativity and developing aesthetic skills. Orientation is given by the visual language of the Bauhaus design. Visual elements like dot, line, shape are used to experience effects and rules of design principles such as proportion, connection, balance, unity and contrast. Abstract simple exercises lead to individual and more complex works. We work mainly with black and white using paper, collage, pen, scissors and computer. The programme is based on contemporary studies that are developed further from the teaching concepts of the Bauhaus-period foundation course. Besides the practical work, subsidiary information about the Bauhaus-period foundation course and the Bauhaus Master's will be provided. The teaching concepts of artists such as Itten, Albers, and Kandinsky will be explored in a modern context.
We look forward to welcoming you!