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Art History & Performing Arts, Creative Arts and Design

Design Basics. Making a Poster That Makes Sense: a Graphic-based Dialogue within Bauhaus Context

When:

16 August - 30 August 2025

School:

Bauhaus Summer School

Institution:

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

City:

Weimar

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Credits:

3 EC

Fee:

950 EUR

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Design Basics. Making a Poster That Makes Sense: a Graphic-based Dialogue within Bauhaus Context

About

Throughout history, posters have played a pivotal role as a medium for communicating with audiences, reflecting narratives of groups and documenting critical political an social transformations. In today’s fast-paced era of communication, where information and news are consumed and recycled at lightning speed, the question arises: how can traditional mediums like posters maintain their relevance and effectiveness in connectin with audiences today? And what is the message or statement that still makes sense, or is worth to create tension or starting a discussion?

This course questions how posters can retain their communicative power, beyond advertising events, festivals or more political campaigns. It examines the potential of posters as tools for personal and collective expression, especially in a world dominated by algorithms, trends, and virtual spaces. Participants will consider these mediums to voice their perceptions, emotions, and positions—beyond the constraints of censorship, publishing policies, and consumer-driven trends.

The course combines hybrid methodologies (analog and digital approaches, private and public realms, and studio and public space practices) to guide participants through the process of poster creation. Participants will translate personal and shared experiences into visual and linguistic elements, crafting aesthetic and poetic graphic expressions. This collaborative process fosters meaningful artistic production, enabling participants to engage with both their inner selves and the public sphere.

Course leader

Nawar Alhusari: Artist and researcher. www.nawarhusari.com

Target group

Undergraduate and graduate students and professionals, with a general interest in intercultural context, and socially engaged artistic practices.

Course aim

Experiment with hybrid methodologies in poster making process, merging traditional and contemporary approaches and methods.
Foster collaboration among participants from diverse backgrounds to produce collective and individual artworks in participatory format.
Engage with the public sphere through planning interventions, and designing a collective body to display the posters in public.

Fee info

Fee

950 EUR, Regular

Fee

750 EUR, Students & alumni

The course fee includes: Orientation & Support Programme according to description, Teaching materials, Bauhaus Summer School ID card, Daily Lunch at the University Cafeteria (Monday - Friday), Certificate, Internet access at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Free use of library, Accompanying programme including excursions, Free entrance to museums belonging to Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Travel by public transport in Weimar. Please note our terms and conditions (admission conditions, cancellation conditions etc.). The course fee does not include: Travel costs, Accommodation, Insurance, Additional excursions

Interested?

When:

16 August - 30 August 2025

School:

Bauhaus Summer School

Institution:

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Language:

English

Credits:

3 EC

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