Study Trips On the road between industry, arts and crafts

Ever since product design emerged as a discipline in the middle of the 19th century as a reaction to industrialization, there have been many different movements. Each of it has positioned itself between industry, arts and crafts. Since textile design finds itself in the same field of conflict, we would like learn from the historical positions. For a week, we go to the places where the movements originated, trying to understand their relevance for the time of their creation and to find out, if and how contemporary designers have a relationship to the design history of the respective places. The study trips are conceived as interdisciplinary vessels together with object design. Accordingly, the program is compiled across genres and programmes. In the context of the field trip we are often allowed to look deeper behind the scenes than it would be possible on private trips. The exchange between students and lecturers takes place during the day in museums, workshops and studios and continues at dinner, in the theater and in the bar.

Study trip to Paris 2026

A week criss-crossing Paris, visiting Julia Heuer, Maison du Pli, Thomasine Gloves, Manufacture des Gobelins, Nona Source, Ecole des arts décoratifs, La Bien Aimée, Cécile Feilchenfeldt, as well as Première Vision, numerous museums, and cafés.

Study trip to London 2025 – “In the Making”

Under the motto “In the making!”, we visited a wide variety of studios, museums, exhibitions, and our partner school. We visited Makers Cockpit, Giulia Manzoni (mosaicist), Alex Hammond (restoration), and Nyanda Yekwai (jeweler). We visited Central Saint Martins, the Blackhorse Lane Ateliers, the William Morris Gallery, Jasper Morrison, Orto Print, Wallace Sewell, various exhibitions, and museums.
To round off the trip, we had dinnr together at Silo London, a zero-waste restaurant.
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The Netherlands 2024 – Color & Material

A journey through Eindhoven, Dordrecht, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and The Hague – visiting RENS, Studio Remy, Raw Color, Piet Hein Eek, Marije Vogelzang, Blue City, Paul Ouwerker Paintings, Stéphanie Bächler, and Nienke Hoogvliet.
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Brussels, Ghent, Antwerp
with Cousy, KASK - Laure Van Brempt, Studio Esther Van Schuylenbergh, Onbetaalbaar, Design Museum Ghent, Rotor, Chevalier Masson, Julien Carretero, Horta Museum, objects. projects. by Cenk, Haptic House - WIESIWILL, Klaas Rommelaere, TEXTURE: Flax Museum, Deltracon, Libeco

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2019 – Kopenhagen, From Danish Modern to Nordic Style
with Nicolai de Gier, KADK, PP Møbler, Fritz Hansen, Danish Design Museum, Grundtvigs Kirke, SAS Hotel Room 606, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, KADK Nicolai de Gier, KADK CITA, A. Petersen Collection & Craft, Claus Mølgaard at kvadrat, Emdal Studio, Snedker Studio, Thomas Bentzen, Henrik Vibskov, Kastrup Søbad

2015 – München 
Zeitraum, Rohi Stoffe, Classicon, Designaffairs, Porzellanmanufaktor Nymphenburg, Studio Nitzan Cohen, Adidas Herzogenaurach, Staatliches Textil- und Industriemuseum Augsburg, BMW Interior Design, Stefan Diez Office

2014 – Norditalien
Alessi Museum, Ratti SpA, Mantero, Segno Italiano, TeamWork, Mattiazzi, Moroso, Garcia Cumuni, Foscarini

2013 – Benelux