Köln International School of Design: KISD

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Public Events ,Exhibition

Invitation to the Labor Ebertplatz project exhibition

January, 17th 2026

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News

Open Access Publication Series: “un/learn ai”

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Events

January, 15th 2026
18:00 - 19:45

Lecture Series 2026: Resisting Crisis – Resilience Strategies in the Cultural Sciences

January, 17th 2026
10:00 - 18:00

Invitation to the Labor Ebertplatz project exhibition

January, 23rd 2026
09:00 - 11:00

Study Guidence // Study Counselling BA-programme Integrated Design

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News

Prof. Birgit Mager Named Honorary Member of the German Design Club

Public Events

Design Research Publishing – Release Party and Panel Discussion

Project

What is Growing here? Showreel (KITeGG)

Thesis

B.A. Thesis “I Will Rather Loose My Job to AI Than My Dad” by Dzennifer Zachlod

News

Cologne Design Prize 2025: KISD Graduates Take the Top Three Spots

Public Talks

KISDtalk with Dr. Malte Wagenfeld – Microclimate Narratives

Project

DFG fördert exzellente Forschung an der TH Köln mit rund 5 Millionen Euro

Thesis

Kölner Design Preis 2024 – MA Thesis “Memories from Above”

News

Welcome Internationals 2025

Public Exhibition

Post Photographic Images – International Conference & Exhibition 

Project

Reducing glass waste at major events – sustainable concepts for Cologne

Thesis

B.A. thesis “aaaarchive” by Robert Halbach

News

Book »Recalls, Reconstructions, Projections« by Prof. Dr. Carolin Höfler

Public Cologne Design award ,Exhibition ,Exhibitions

Cologne Design Prize 2025 – Exhibition and Award Ceremony

Project

un-doing memory – Cologne

Thesis

BA Thesis “Strom der Zeit – Unsere Energiewende Sehen” by Carlo Hatke

News

Johannes Mechler wins the DSW poster competition

Public Talks

KISDtalk with Diego Alatorre Guzmán: Learning Foreplay

Project

“How to show off quantum computing?” – A KISD collaboration with Parsons School of Design and DLR

Thesis

Kölner Design Preis 2024 – MA Thesis “Kühe machen Mühe”

News

KISD professor Birgit Mager honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by ISSIP

Public Events ,Ringvorlesung

Lecture Series 2026: Resisting Crisis – Resilience Strategies in the Cultural Sciences

January, 15th 2026

Project

Designing Data X Cultures

Thesis

Kölner Design Preis 2024 – BA Thesis „Schmerzen im System“

News

“Wake up!” – The Assignment Topic 2025

Public Events ,Exhibition ,Talks

»un-trouble« – 30 Years Of Gender And Diversity In Design

Project

Bitter Chocolate: Making Postcolonial Perspectives Tangible

Thesis

MA Thesis “Anthropozäne Relikte –  Remembrance culture in the digital age”

News

Release of the 3rd issue of the Abroad magazine

Public Talks

KISDtalk with Charlie Singer-Fischer: Between the Lines — AI, Brave New Future?

Project

Circular Services – KISD project to promote urban cleanliness in Cologne

Thesis

BA Thesis „What should I say – A multi perspective documentation format“

News

Bessie Normand präsentiert ihre Masterarbeit auf der Iteration

Public Conferences ,Events

Transform 2025 – Conference on AI, ARt, Design and Society

Project

Reuse, Refurbish, Repair – repair services for Cologne’s zero-waste goals

Thesis

BA Thesis “Orca001: Organic Response to Collisions and Aftershocks” – Development of biking helmet

News

Preserving memories together: KISD students clean Stolpersteine in Cologne

Public Exhibition

KISDparcours 2025

Project

Dainų šventė – Summer School in Vilnius

Thesis

BA Thesis “Visual Empowerment”

News

Service Design Book Relaunch – “How to Public Sector?”

Public Talks

KISDtalk by Christoph Ignaz Kirmaier – h3llo3e8 – the studio as a system

Project

Spatial Strategies

News

Masterthesis “MOMENTOUS — Emerging Images from Archives” by Byron Co

Public Talks

KISDtalk by Henrike Leonie Mißfeldt – Blizz Harp

Project

Collective Drawing

News

Kölner Design Preis 2024 – BA Thesis „Schmerzen im System“

Public Events

M.A. Integrated Design Application period starts now!

Project

Surface Change – Weaving by Lotta Hagedorn

News

Kölner Klopfer award ceremony and exhibition

Public Events

Lecture Performance by Marina Orlova in Cooperation with KISD

News

Special Issue 1: Hidden Layers – Conference Proceedings & Recordings

Public Conferences ,Presentations

KISD hosts Global Design Initiative for the 10th anniversity in Cologne

News

Book Launch: ‘un/learn AI – approaching AI in aesthetic practices’

Public Presentations

Final winter semester’s Presentations

News

About handling cow urine: KISD graduate receives Cologne Design Award

Public Events

Un/Learn Al: Experimente, Strategien, Infrastruktur  – Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Lasse Scherffig bei Punkt 7

News

How to show off quantum computing? A KISD collaboration with Parsons School of Design and DLR

Public Talks

KISDtalk by Elodie Boyer

News

Kölner Klopfer 2024 – mit neuem Look!

Public Cologne Thumper ,Events ,Exhibition

Kölner Klopfer Award Ceremony and Exhibition

News

Kölner Klopfer Award is back!

Public Events

Correlations – Forum for AI in Art&Design

News

KISD professors win TH Köln teaching award for transformative teaching and learning

Public Conferences

Research Symposium – Diversifying Perspectives: Dimensions of Postcolonial Memory

News

KISDparcours 2024 – Recaption

Public Cologne Design award ,Events ,Exhibitions

CologneDesign Prize 2024 – Award Ceremony And Exhibition

News

Matthias Grund among the recipients of the “gute aussichten 2023/24” photo award

Public Talks

KISDtalk Special “Synthetic Realities”

Public Talks

KISDtalk by Eva Papaspyrou

Public Events ,Exhibition ,Museumsnacht Köln

Cologne’s Night Of The Museums at KISD – A Journey Through Realities

Public Events ,Ringvorlesung

Lecture Series “Data Literacy: Ethics and Data Culture”

Public Talks

KISDtalk by Dr. Erik Sandelin

Public Events ,Ringvorlesung

Lecture Series winter semester 2024/25 – Participatory Research

Public Events ,Talks

kaethe:k Talk with Prof. Lasse Scherffig: AI – Opportunities and Barriers for Artists with Disabilities

Public Conferences ,Events Forschungstelle Echtzeitstadt

»Recalls, Reconstructions, Projections« – Book Launch at Kunsthafen Köln

Public Events ,Talks

Better Future Talk in Stuttgart with Prof. Paolo Tumminelli

Public Presentations

Friday Presentations on July 5th

Public Events ,Exhibition

Exhibition “Energy Hero Of Everyday Life” in Cologne

Public Events ,Exhibition ,parcours

KISDparcours 2024 – Save the Date!