Charlotta Ruth

2026S, Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Birgit Hertel

Taught are techniques in Photoshop and Illustrator and working with a wacom-tablet.(with regard to drawing, painting, illustrating, scribble and layout). Good basic knowledge of both programs is already required for the course. (Layers, masks, basic knowledge of tools, selections ) Contents of the course: - Workplace settings Photoshop/Illustator- Preparing and creating files - determining dimensions pixels vs. dpi.- Using a… 2025W/2026S, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Hans Lechner

2026S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Valerie Deifel

Writing has nothing to do with signifying. It has to do with surveying, mapping, even realms that are yet to come. —Deleuze and Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus As you begin to reflect on your practice, work and chosen topic through writing, you might ask yourself how you can incorporate the different materialities and how you can select and arrange the… 2025W, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Jonas Bohatsch

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to coding-related technologies and their applications in the realms of art and design. The primary objective is not to turn you into a coding expert but to equip you with the skills needed to navigate projects that extend beyond graphical user interfaces. You'll gain practical knowledge and the confidence to harness the creative potential… 2025W, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Ramón Reichert

In a period of accelerated innovation—particularly in machine learning and artificial neural networks—the societal reach of AI-enabled technologies has greatly expanded, with far-reaching consequences for social organization, knowledge regimes, and global economic structures. These consequences include: (1) the reshaping of power dynamics, as AI systems mediate decision-making processes previously governed by human judgment; (2) the intensification of surveillance and control… 2025W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Adnan Maral

2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Jens Petter Waernes

Successful communication starts with a strong idea. In this workshop, we’ll explore how bold, relevant, and impactful ideas are born – and how they stand out from the ordinary. Working in small teams, students will tackle a briefing and go through the entire creative process: from concept to execution. The focus is on curiosity, collaboration, and passionate creativity – with… 2025W, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Eva Buchheim

Konzeption und Verfeinerung von Ideen sowie die Entwicklung der physischen Ergebnisse und Kommunikationsstrategien für echte und fiktionale Kunden. Erlernt werden Methoden der Ideenfindung, Kommunikation und Präsentation. 2025W/2026S, Vorlesung und Übungen, 1.0 ECTS

Christoph Höschele

Today's art production involves a wide variety of technical devices, materials, and programs. There are now also a multitude of analog and digital tools that can be helpful in (media) art work and, above all, in its presentation and documentation. In this seminar, various tools and programs for media-based art production will be presented, discussed, and tried out. These include… 2025W/2026S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Michal Leszuk

This series of workshops invites us to explore the potential outcomes of a promiscuous research methodology for the curatorial, not only as a system of knowledge production but also as a generative framework through which theoretical, philosophical, artistic, and aesthetic modalities shape the research—not toward a complex unity, but as a site of diverse forms of becoming. It advocates for… 2025W, Workshop, 2.0 ECTS

Christian Liclair

Was ist „queer“ an Kunst und Kunstgeschichte? Welche Methoden kennzeichnen queere Kunsttheorie, welche Gegenstände lassen sich als queer bestimmen? Lässt sich Queerness auf Fragen von Sexualität und Geschlecht begrenzen – auf den menschliche Körper? Und wenn, wie José Esteban Muñoz in Cruising Utopia betont, Queerness sich der Gegenwart entzieht und eher als Horizont zukünftiger Möglichkeiten zu denken ist, welchen Sinn… 2025W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Elena Shapira

2026S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Chantal Kaufmann

In the winter semester of 2025/26, students will have the opportunity to analyze six art institutions in Vienna in depth. As a continuation of the course “Why Galleries,” this time the focus will be on the specific profiles of individual institutions. To this end, we will engage in an in-depth examination of the curatorial practice, historical development, content, and organizational… 2025W, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Barbara Reisinger

2026S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Lukas Rose

Dieser Kurs richtet sich an angehende Kunstpädagog*innen, die ihre künstlerischen Fähigkeiten durch ein fundiertes Verständnis geometrischer Prinzipien ausbauen möchten. Das erworbene Wissen soll den Horizont bezüglich einer geometrischen Sichtweise auf konkrete Problemstellungen erweitern. Desweiteren bietet der Kurs auch eine solide Grundlage für das mögliche zukünftige Unterrichten des Schulfachs "Geometrisch Zeichnen".Verankerung im Lehrplan Technik und Design:"Darstellen (analog/digital): ua. Design, Entwurf, Modell,… 2025W/2026S, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Jan Völker

Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts brachte der Weltumsegler und Entdecker James Cook von einer Reise nach Polynesien den Begriff des Tabus nach Europa: Das Tabu bezeichnete bei den indigenen Völkern einen Gegenstand, der heilig und verboten zugleich war. Einhergehend mit einer Südseemanie, die sich in der Mitte de 19. Jahrhunderts in einen ausgeweiteten kolonialen Handel übertrug, zieht das Tabu weiteres Interesse… 2025W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Sophia Rohwetter

„Si j’écris dans ma voiture, mon autobiographie sera mon AUTO-FICTION.“(Wenn ich in meinem Auto schreibe, wird meine Autobiographie zur AUTO-FIKTION.)— Serge Doubrovsky In diesem Seminar untersuchen wir das mögliche Verhältnis zweier allgegenwärtiger Phänomene in der zeitgenössischen Kunst und Literatur: das Genre der Autofiktion und das Objekt des Automobils. Autofiktion und Automobil sind – so die Ausgangsthese der Lehrveranstaltung – nicht… 2025W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Julienne Lorz

2026S, Vorlesungen, 2.0 ECTS

2025W/2026S, 2.0 ECTS

Ufaq Inaam

Decolonizing Design through Justice and Ethnography How can design, as a practice of knowledge production, actively dismantle colonial hierarchies embedded in everyday objects and systems; reclaiming indigenous epistemologies and fostering autonomy, as urged by critical scholars like Arturo Escobar and Linda Tuhiwai Smith? This seminar critically examines the pervasive influence of colonial legacies in everyday design contexts, from household objects… 2025W, Proseminar, 3.0 ECTS

Marcus Bruckmann

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist als künstlerischer Einzelunterricht im ersten Semester des Studiums Industrial Design zu absolvieren. Anhand unterschiedlicher Aufgabenstellungen werden zentrale Aspekte des Entwurfsprozesses  transparent gemacht, systematisch bearbeitet und reflektiert: Aufgabenerkennung Research Ideenentwicklung Methodenabwägung Projektkommunikation Dokumentation Selbstorganisation Arbeit im Team Wissen und Fertigkeiten werden in der Vermittlung auf den Entwurfsprozess bezogen, werden als Entwurfswerkzeuge verstanden und gelangen unmittelbar zur Anwendung.   2025W, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 5.0 ECTS

Stefan Diez

Excursion to Studio Munich (after the winter break)A one-week short project will take place in our Munich studio together with the Munich team. The program includes hands-on work in the studio, joint excursions, cooking together, and plenty of opportunities to get to know each other better. 2025W, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 5.0 ECTS

Anab Jain

Working Title: No More Bullsh*t Futures Univ. Prof. Anab Jain As we face unprecedented global shifts in demographics, technology, and economic systems, you—our students—stand at a critical juncture that earlier generations never had to confront. The "generation contract" that sustained societies for decades is fracturing as population growth reverses, AI and robotics challenge traditional notions of human productivity, and climate… 2025W/2026S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 15.0 ECTS

Sofia Podreka Dibelka

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist als künstlerischer Einzelunterricht im ersten Semester des Studiums Industrial Design zu absolvieren. Anhand unterschiedlicher Aufgabenstellungen werden zentrale Aspekte des Entwurfsprozesses  transparent gemacht, systematisch bearbeitet und reflektiert: Aufgabenerkennung Research Ideenentwicklung Methodenabwägung Projektkommunikation Dokumentation Selbstorganisation Arbeit im Team Wissen und Fertigkeiten werden in der Vermittlung auf den Entwurfsprozess bezogen, werden als Entwurfswerkzeuge verstanden und gelangen unmittelbar zur Anwendung. 2025W, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 5.0 ECTS

Marcus Bruckmann

2026S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 9.0 ECTS

Stefan Diez

This course is offered by Katrin Sailer, Elisabeth Wildling as well as by Peter Mahlknecht and Elizaveta Fateeva. Please enter in one of the two groups (Elisabeth or Katrin). 2025W/2026S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 3.0 ECTS

Anab Jain

Working Title: No More Bullsh*t Futures Univ. Prof. Anab Jain As we face unprecedented global shifts in demographics, technology, and economic systems, you—our students—stand at a critical juncture that earlier generations never had to confront. The "generation contract" that sustained societies for decades is fracturing as population growth reverses, AI and robotics challenge traditional notions of human productivity, and climate… 2025W/2026S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 12.0 ECTS

Matthias Pfeffer

  Industrial Design engineering complementary course to broaden the technical basic-understanding alternately application of analog and digital approaches 2025W/2026S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 12.0 ECTS

Sofia Podreka Dibelka

2026S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 3.0 ECTS

Christian Ruschitzka

Semester theme: not  be announced. The course consists of case studies, excursions, guest lectures, practical personal experiences, etc. 2025W/2026S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 9.0 ECTS

Katrin Sailer

This course must be completed as individual artistic tuition in the first stage of the Industrial Design degree program.The course is related to the department-wide semester topic Baywatch. It is offered and conducted together with Elizaveta Fateeva. Project work: research, fieldtrip, workshop, project development and development of the prototype Weekly meetings Wedenesday 9 - 13 am 2025W, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 9.0 ECTS

Christian Steiner

2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 9.0 ECTS

Elisabeth Wildling

This course must be completed as individual artistic tuition in the first stage of the Industrial Design degree program.The course is related to the department-wide semester topic. It is offered and conducted together with Peter Mahlknecht. Project work: research, field trip, workshop, project development and development of the prototype/system/"poem"Weekly meetings on Wednesdays, 1-4 pm. 2025W, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 9.0 ECTS

Marcus Bruckmann

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist als künstlerischer Einzelunterricht in jenem Semester zu absolvieren, in dem die Absicht besteht, den ersten Studienabschnitt zu beenden und zur kommissionellen Teilprüfung anzutreten. 2025W/2026S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 9.0 ECTS

Elizaveta Fateeva

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist als künstlerischer Einzelunterricht in jenem Semester zu absolvieren, in dem die Absicht besteht, den ersten Studienabschnitt zu beenden und zur kommissionellen Teilprüfung anzutreten. 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 9.0 ECTS

Anab Jain

Working Title: No More Bullsh*t Futures Univ. Prof. Anab Jain As we face unprecedented global shifts in demographics, technology, and economic systems, you—our students—stand at a critical juncture that earlier generations never had to confront. The "generation contract" that sustained societies for decades is fracturing as population growth reverses, AI and robotics challenge traditional notions of human productivity, and climate… 2025W/2026S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 18.0 ECTS

Peter Mahlknecht

Project work This course must be completed as individual artistic tuition in the semester in which the intention is to complete the first stage of studies and to sit for the partial board examination only. 2025W/2026S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 9.0 ECTS

Christian Ruschitzka

Betreuung Vordiplome 2025W/2026S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 9.0 ECTS

Christian Steiner

Project work This course is to be taken as individual artistic tuition in the semester in which the student intends to complete the first part of the degree programme and sit for the exam. 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 9.0 ECTS   2025W, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 9.0 ECTS

Elisabeth Wildling

2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 9.0 ECTS

Stefan Diez

WS 2025/26, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Industrial Design Class, Stefan Diez BAYWATCH – From Washed-Up Plastic to System Innovation:This semester project explores how design can transform behaviors, materials, and products in order to prevent plastic waste in the future. The project BAYWATCH takes the growing issue of plastic pollution as its starting point. Students are asked to bring back… 2025W/2026S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 20.0 ECTS

Anab Jain

Working Title: No More Bullsh*t Futures Univ. Prof. Anab Jain As we face unprecedented global shifts in demographics, technology, and economic systems, you—our students—stand at a critical juncture that earlier generations never had to confront. The "generation contract" that sustained societies for decades is fracturing as population growth reverses, AI and robotics challenge traditional notions of human productivity, and climate… 2025W/2026S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 20.0 ECTS

Andrea Unfried

Description This lecture was introduced to explain the origin of details of pattern and sewing techniques .It is important to understand why a pocket is placed on a particular position, why a slit has a certain length etc. The students get technical information, and they can apply some knowledge directly into practice when they invent new pockets, collars, sleeves etc… 2025W, artistic Seminar, 1.0 ECTS

Christian Steiner

The objective of the lecture is to impart & develop fundamental facts, theories and principles of ecology & sustainability. On four dates a guest lecturer from a different special field will be invited to share his experiences and point of views to that topic and discuss it with all participants. In addition to that, every student creates a meta-study for… 2025W, Ringvorlesung mit Workshop, 3.0 ECTS

Alison Jane Clarke

2026S, Ringvorlesung mit Workshop, 1.5 ECTS

Heng Zhi

2026S, Ringvorlesung mit Workshop, 1.5 ECTS

Harald Gründl

Regenerative Design Lab x Weltmuseum (World Museum - Vienna) This semester, the course is being held in cooperation with the Weltmuseum. In the search for new design strategies for regenerative design, objects from the Weltmuseum collection will serve as the starting point for a discussion in which we will ask what we can learn from communities of origin in different… 2025W/2026S, Lecture and Discussion, 2.0 ECTS

Heri Irawan

2026S, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Jian Haake

This course offers an introduction to the core principles of communication design while fostering a contemporary and cross-disciplinary understanding of the field. Aimed at first-year students, it covers fundamental design concepts such as composition, form, color, typography, and layout, with a focus on developing both visual literacy and creative thinking. Reimagining conventional approaches to Design Thinking, students are encouraged to… 2025W, Vorlesung und Übungen, 4.0 ECTS