Designing the foundations

The questions collected in this volume are not fictitious. They are posed by young people who are unsure whether to choose a design education or a career in the arts. They want to know more about the requirements and what to expect in the first year of their studies and later at art school.

In concise and accessible texts, the author, himself a lecturer in the Propaedeuticum, the preparatory course at the Zurich University of the Arts, provides answers to these questions. Combined with the extensive visual material compiled into a brief history of design instructions, this short handbook is a worthwhile read for all teachers and students in the field of design and art.