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Department of Media & Design

Communication Design

Major of Communication, Media, Sound and Interaction Design

 

The interdisciplinary course places a strong focus on design and creative skills. You will devise successful communication strategies based on analogue and digital media. Communication design enables or improves the approach to content and makes it more understandable, convincing and effective. You will focus on the fields of graphic design, editorial design and typography.

What you will learn:

Communication Design Projects

Editorial Design & Illustration

Campaigning & Branding

Print & Digital Production

Typography & Typeface Design

Did you know, …

… that we work together with creative industries as well as cultural organisations including festivals and media centres?

Our students work on countless projects, network with potential future clients, and polish up their creative skills to a professional level in each subject area.

Did you know, …

… that there are work opportunities for communication designers wherever creative concept skills, design solutions expertise and the ability to implement communication concepts in practical settings are required?

Did you know, …

… that virtually all project results are published?

They are either printed, published online or presented in exhibitions. This gives our students plenty of opportunity to establish contacts for their professional careers.

Did you know, …

… that projects are often implemented in interdisciplinary settings in collaboration with the Interaction Design, Media Design and Sound Design programmes?

Did you know, …

… that students carry out practical projects in real world conditions to hone their design and technical skills?

Did you know, …

… that students can combine their studies with a job if they are sufficiently well organised?

One day a week is lesson-free. The average attendance required during the first three semesters is 19 hours per week. During the fourth semester, students complete a master’s thesis. The average attendance during this time is three hours per week.

Did you know, …

… that the Communication Design course enables all students to adopt an intensive scientific and experimental approach to design issues they select themselves?

Find out more about the degree programme

Admissions

Before you start your degree programme you have to apply and go through the admissions procedure. Here you can read up on this and find the most important dates and deadlines.

My Studies

Here you can find everything you need to know about the course: course content, student and research projects, the semester and internship abroad, and the teaching staff.

After Graduation

Many different occupational fields and career opportunities are open to you as a graduate of our degree programme. Find out here what you can do.
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C2A Creative Communication Award in the category...

The master's thesis "Olek" in Communication Design from Maruša Puhek has been awarded with the C2A Creative Communication Award 2019 in the category Children...
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C2A Creative Communication Award in the category...

The master's thesis "Infocastle" in Communication Design done by Basem El Koury has been awarded with the Creative Communication Award 2019 in the category...
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Lunch & Lecture by Michela Pelusio featuring...

Media artist Michela Pelusio visited the Institute Design & Communication for a Lunch & Lecture event, presented by musikprotokoll in the steirischer...
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Semester Kick-Off Institute Design &...
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Languages of the World – World of Languages |...

Julia Baldauf won the European Design Awards 2019 for her master thesis.
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Showroom

ECHO Design Exhibition

ECHO is not only an acoustic phenomenon, but also the resonance that art evokes in the viewer.

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Showroom

The ECHO Symposium at Designforum Steiermark

From Wednesday 30.01 to Saturday 01.02, the ESC became the exhibition space for the students of the Communication, Sound-, Media- and Interactiondesign courses...
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General, Showroom

The Game Dev Days Graz 2019 – A Teacup Full Of...

Maximilian Tauß and Stefan Tscheppe, research assistants at the Institute of Design & Communication, visited the Game Dev Days Graz 2019 – a short...
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General, Showroom

Dogdays of summer – With second-hand clothes...

The Dogdays of summer project was created five years ago. Founded by Clarissa Kober, Diana Ranegger and Johanna Kohlenberger on the idea of sustainability, the...
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General, Showroom

“The Messy Shape of Problems” at the Ars...

From 5th to 9th of September 2019, the Academic Network Austria Campus-Exhibition “The Messy Shape of Problems” took place at the Ars Electronica Festival...
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General, Research, Showroom

What design can do

"What Design can do" is an international festival focussing on topics like humanizing immigrants, the resilient city, creating cultural identity and design...
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Research, Showroom

Graduate Lectures Days

On 11th and 12th of June, graduates of the Institute of Design and Communication were invited to share some of their impressions with our current students. In...
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Showroom

“Gib mir Raum”

“Gib mir Raum” (“Give me Room”) was the title of the final presentation of the Communication, Media, Sound and Interaction Design students of 2017....
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General, Guide

All Master’s degree programmes offering an...

NEW opportunity to start your studies at FH JOANNEUM in autumn 2019: We offer a range of Master's degree programmes for which you can still apply until 20...
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General, Guide

All Master’s degree programmes offering an...

NEW opportunity to start your studies at FH JOANNEUM in autumn 2019: We offer 22 Master's degree programmes for which you can still apply until 27 May 2019.
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Open House 2020: FH JOANNEUM Graz

Find out what it is like to study at FH JOANNEUM in Graz by attending our Open House event on 14 March 2020. We look forward to welcoming you!

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Head & Guts
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Methods of Scandalization
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Draw it with love | Fashion illustration
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Personal branding for illustrators
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No info, no graphics
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Minimalistic furniture
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Design by chance | Vernacular typography
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Augmented Zither
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The essence of sound
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There is nothing like a Sound System

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