{"id":5246,"date":"2015-08-03T16:51:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T14:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/?page_id=5246"},"modified":"2022-06-14T14:47:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T12:47:23","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/kisd-en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

KISD is an institute belonging to TH K\u00f6ln, one of the largest state-owned universities in Europe. When the university was founded in 1971 as Fachhochschule K\u00f6ln, the \u00bbK\u00f6lner Werkschulen\u00ab were integrated into the university as the Faculty of \u00bbArt and Design\u00ab. In 1991, this faculty became the \u00bbK\u00f6lner Modell\u00ab for a new direction in design study \u2014 what is now KISD.<\/h2>\n

From \u00bbK\u00f6lner Modell\u00ab to KISD<\/h3>\n

Essential aspects of KISD\u2019s current study concept<\/a> are based on the \u00bbK\u00f6lner Modell\u00ab. This study and learning concept was introduced to the Faculty of Design at the former Cologne University of Applied Sciences (now TH K\u00f6ln) in 1991 by the founding dean, Michael Erlhof, and the first professors of the college: Brigitte Wolf, Thomas Bley, Heinz B\u00e4hr, G\u00fcnter Horntrich, Heiner Jacob, and Wolfgang Laubersheimer.<\/p>\n

Due to its project orientation and the abolishment of traditional semester structures, this model offered students a unique alternative to the traditional design study courses while keeping abreast of emerging changes in research and job prospects in design. The constant advancement of this approach has led to a successful study concept throughout the past two decades and has influenced various curricular concepts in Germany and abroad.<\/p>\n

In 2002, the subject area of design acknowledged an increasing international orientation when it was transformed into an institute and integrated into the Faculty of Cultural Sciences in the course of an internal structural reform. Ever since, particular attention has been focused on the institute’s internationality \u2013 as the name indicates: KISD – K\u00f6ln International School of Design.<\/p>\n

Since then, the name KISD has been synonymous with an integrative, interdisciplinary, international as well as project-oriented and student-centered place of learning and research where students are given a great deal of autonomy to design their studies independently.<\/p>\n

With its consecutive BA and MA Degree Program \u00bbIntegrated Design\u00ab<\/a>, KISD stands for design studies that are uniquely vibrant and impetus-providing. This has been proved again and again by the close cooperation with outstanding international partners, high international rankings, and our successful graduates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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