Between 1968 and 1999, the ‘Basel School of Design‘ had conducted an Advanced Class of Graphic Design which was attended by students from all over the world. When the school was transformed into University Level, this Advanced Class was unfortunately closed.
The educational concept on which the Advanced Class of Graphic Design was built was the firm conviction that an intensive study of basic design principles and a broad horizon in form-related design processes were necessary in order to solve complex design problems. Preceisely because of this standpoint, the Advanced Class of Graphic Design was, for over thirty years and with students from more than thirty-five nations, very attractive for designers who had studied for example at a university level, in the United States, but still felt something very basic was missing in their education.
During the past few years, as in other European countries, Switzerland has transformed the art and design schools into a university level. At the same time, the ‘Basel School of Design’ was given the mandate of developing types of classes which would lay a basic design foundation for further study in all professional design areas. The one year basic design course, the ‘Vorkurs’, well-known in international design circles throughout the world, belongs to this programme.
Now more than ever, the interest on basic design-oriented studies, with its emphasis on direct manual and visual perception, is very high. With its ‘Third Summer Programme in Basel 2007′, the ‘Basel School of Design’ would like to reopen a dialogue with the Advanced Class of Graphic Design
which has been interrupted since the closing of the class and offer professionals in all design fields the
opportunity to take part in solid foundation programme in the area of basic design studies for their further
education.

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