What do I learn on the communication design course at the university of applied sciences? What can I do as a qualified communication designer HF, visual design?

The communication design course at a university of applied sciences (HF) provides you with the necessary technical knowledge as well as skills in the respective specializations*, such as visual design. Theory is taught with constant reference to practice and taking current trends into account.

The course content can vary from provider to provider. The following topics are often covered:

  • History of art, culture and design
  • Branding
  • Editorial, corporate and interaction design
  • Presentation technology
  • Production technology
  • Drawing
  • Photography and visual worlds, moving images
  • Typography
  • Layout
  • Idea and analysis
  • Conceptual work
  • Creative communication and dialog
  • Leadership skills

As a qualified communication designer HF (formerly designer HF communication design, specializing in visual design), you are qualified to take on demanding and responsible tasks independently, to work at lower to middle management level in agencies, companies and cultural institutions or to set up your own business.

As a communication designer HF, you offer creative services. You develop marketable communication media and concepts for your clients - usually in interdisciplinary teams. In addition to print media, photographs and illustrations, you will also use interactive and audiovisual media as well as virtual reality (VR). In your work, you take aesthetic as well as technical, economic and ecological criteria into account and are guided by the market and current trends.

* Various fields of activity have emerged in the professional field of communication designers HF (as of December 2022):

  • Animation and motion design
  • Film and audiovisual media
  • Photography
  • Interaction Design / Interactive Media Design
  • Design & Commercial Art
  • Communication design in space (spatial design)
  • Illustration and comic
  • Visual design

Provider of training courses to become a communication designer HF (formerly designer HF communication design, specializing in visual design)