We are looking for visionaries, for change makers, for futurologists, for people who want to take action, for bridge builders, for creative minds and high flyers.
Design as a motor of sustainable change
We live in a highly challenging world of rapid change and accelerating progress. New societal structures, scarce resources, climate change and exponentially growing digitalization provide totally new opportunities for the art and design of today and tomorrow. Based on an interdisciplinary approach, Designing Future Realities addresses these challenges and encourages participants to find solutions with a lasting positive impact on the development of our society.
In several lectures, participants will examine what responsibility art and innovative design can assume in a societal development process. Students develop specific projects that culturally interweave various disciplines such as architecture, fashion, contemporary or applied arts and technology, creating synergy effects. The lectures and workshops will be guided by selected mentors and guest speakers. The programme is open to university students as well as executives from various related fields.
Who’s Designing Future Realities?
Designing Future Realities is a post-graduate programme offered by the University of Innsbruck in cooperation with Destination Wattens.
Curriculum
Curriculum | Course Content & Dates
Designing Future Realities is an open programme consisting of three thematic priorities.
“Discourse and Context” and “Technique and Process” focus on the contemporary design discourse, provide background knowledge and present the latest research findings available from the field. “Design and Intervention” offers students an open studio that allows them to work on individual projects and implement what they have learned in the other two thematic priorities. Participants will have access to state-of-the-art prototyping labs at both Werkstätte Wattens and the University of Innsbruck.
In order to complete “Designing Future Realities” with a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS), it is necessary to attend all lectures and the open design studio with a total of 30 ECTS. An expansion of the postgraduate course to a Master of Advanced Studies (90 ECTS) is planned. Alternatively, those interested in the programme can book the lectures individually according to their interests.
Certified University Programme (30 ECTS)
General Information
Start of the programme: autumn 2020
Duration: 2 semesters (part-time programme)
Curriculum: 30 ECTS (4 VUs and Open Design Studio Base & Project)
Graduation: Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS)
Expansion to a Master of Advanced Studies is planned
Language: English
Costs: € 7,800
Application for a scholarship possible
Possibilities for grants: Bildungskarenz des AMS, Bildungsgeld Update des Landes Tirol (Winter Semester 2020/21: VU1 and VU2, Summer Semester 2021: VU3 and VU4)
Target group: creative minds from all industries (e.g. architecture, fashion, contemporary or applied arts and technology) with a bachelor’s degree and/or professional experience in the relevant fields
Requirements
Admission to the programme requires a thematically relevant diploma, bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an acknowledged post-secondary educational national oder international institution. Exceptions may be made for applicants holding the appropriate competencies based on their artistic and professional activities, experience and body of work for at least 3 years. Sufficient knowledge of English is required as the entire programme will be taught in English.
Application
Students may apply online by submitting the following documents:
- CV (in tabular form)
- Copy of your (Bachelor / Master) Diploma
- Extended portfolio of prior work
- Project proposal explaining the artistic agenda, project details and timeline, a list of required equipment, as well as further project information, such as drawings, storyboards, recordings, clips,…
- Motivation Letter
Individual VUs
General Information
Start of the programme: bookable at the beginning of each VU
Duration: 3 weeks full-time workshops each
Curriculum: 4 VUs, online (winter semester 2020/21) and presence (summer semester 2021)
Graduation: Confirmation of participation
Expansion to the Certificate of Advanced Studies (30 ECTS) possible
Language: English
Costs per VU: € 1,690
Possibilities for grants: Bildungskarenz des AMS, Bildungsgeld Update des Landes Tirol (Winter Semester 2020/21: VU1 and VU2, Summer Semester 2021: VU3 and VU4)
Target group: creative minds from all industries (e.g. architecture, fashion, contemporary or applied arts and technology) with a bachelor’s degree and/or professional experience in the relevant fields.
Requirements
Admission to the programme requires a thematically relevant diploma, bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an acknowledged post-secondary educational national oder international institution. Exceptions may be made for applicants holding the appropriate competencies based on their artistic and professional activities, experience and body of work for at least 3 years. Sufficient knowledge of English is required as the entire programme will be taught in English.
Application
Students may apply online by submitting the following documents:
- CV (in tabular form)
- Copy of your (Bachelor / Master) Diploma
- Motivation Letter
Events
DFR Talks Series
- Thursday, 22.10.2020 – with Marjan Colletti, Horst Hörtner, Elisabeth Schweeger und Matthew Gardiner. Recording
- Thursday, 18.02.2021 – with Tord Boontje
- Thursday, 18.03.2021 – with Vera Bühlmann
- Thursday, 25.03.2021 – with Julia Körner
- Thursday, 13.05.2021 – with Thomas Feichtner
Lecturers
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Destination Wattens
Regionalentwicklung GmbH
c/o Werkstätte Wattens
Weisstraße 9
6112 Wattens
Austria
Barbara Dibona
Tel.: +43 5224 55486
Mobil: +43 664 88343520
