Köln International School of Design: KISD

1

Public Talks

KISDtalk with Karla Scherer – Community Kitchens As Platforms For Women’s Agency In Food Systems

February, 4th 2026

2

Events

February, 18th 2026
14:00 - 15:00

Meet+Greet Master Integrated Design Research 2026

March, 18th 2026
14:00 - 15:00

Meet + Greet Master Integrated Design Research 2026

March, 20th 2026
09:00 - 11:00

Study Guidence // Study Counselling BA-programme Integrated Design

Show all events

Apply at KISD

News

Open Access Publication Series: “un/learn ai”

Public Presentations

End Of Semester Design Presentations

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

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

Public Events

Exhibition & Final Presentation “The Flood – Mapping Environmental Crises”

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

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

Public Events

MXL – AV Performance as part of HUMAN INPUT at Berghain Kantine Berlin

Project

Reducing glass waste at major events – sustainable concepts for Cologne

News

Welcome Internationals 2025

Public Events ,Talks

KISDtalk: Paranoia De-Prompting

Project

un-doing memory – Cologne

News

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

Public Events ,Exhibition

Invitation to the Labor Ebertplatz project exhibition

News

Johannes Mechler wins the DSW poster competition

Public Events

Design Research Publishing – Release Party and Panel Discussion

News

KISD professor Birgit Mager honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by ISSIP

Public Talks

KISDtalk with Dr. Malte Wagenfeld – Microclimate Narratives

News

“Wake up!” – The Assignment Topic 2025

Public Exhibition

Post Photographic Images – International Conference & Exhibition 

News

Release of the 3rd issue of the Abroad magazine

Public Cologne Design award ,Exhibition ,Exhibitions

Cologne Design Prize 2025 – Exhibition and Award Ceremony

News

Bessie Normand präsentiert ihre Masterarbeit auf der Iteration

Public Talks

KISDtalk with Diego Alatorre Guzmán: Learning Foreplay

News

Preserving memories together: KISD students clean Stolpersteine in Cologne

Public Events ,Ringvorlesung

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

News

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

Public Events ,Exhibition ,Talks

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

News

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

Public Talks

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

Public Conferences ,Events

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

Public Exhibition

KISDparcours 2025

Public Talks

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

Public Talks

KISDtalk by Henrike Leonie Mißfeldt – Blizz Harp

Public Events

M.A. Integrated Design Application period starts now!

Public Events

Lecture Performance by Marina Orlova in Cooperation with KISD

Public Conferences ,Presentations

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

Public Presentations

Final winter semester’s Presentations