Since we took over responsibility for the Academy at the beginning of the winter semester 2007, we have been exploring the question of what it means to be or to become a designer in the 21st century.

We are aware of the tradition in which we stand as a so-called author school in the field of design education, like the famous "Bauhaus" and later the "Ulmer Schule". "Author" is to be understood in the sense that the structure of the studies is not only defined by the individual responsibility of the directors, but also that the didactic concept is based much more on the professional experience of the directors and lecturers than on any given instructions on how to become a designer.