Textile Design B.A.

The bachelor's degree program in textile design at the Hof University of Applied Sciences/Münchberg campus trains specialized designers with the aim of enabling them to independently apply their creative, technological and business-oriented knowledge and skills in their professional field.
The graduates should be able to develop and design products and concepts in a team. Designers should be active in an advisory capacity (analysis, idea, dialogue), in planning (concept, strategy) and in implementation (design, documentation). The knowledge of economic contexts and the willingness to be able to analyze processes and user needs is just as relevant for a design job as the ability to be creative and full of ideas.

The textile design program represents an understanding of design from function, aesthetics and innovative technology and the associated demand for quality in an industrially manufactured product.
The basis of product development is an understanding of how the design elements work and a design strategy that takes into account ecological and economic factors in addition to material-haptic aspects.
In the design process, the perception and processing of social trends and tendencies is of central importance in order to create a distinctive product aesthetic at the cutting edge of technology.
Based on intuitive creativity and systematic methodology, formal-aesthetic aspects are combined with craftsmanship and technological skills in free or thematically bound study projects. To this end, different materials and their specific properties are explored.
Experiments with materials such as textiles, metal, glass, ceramics, plastics, concrete or intelligent fibers lead to new materials, material combinations and areas of application.
In the course of the 7-semester textile design program, students learn basic design processes and methods for generating ideas, textile technologies, CAD systems, and interdisciplinary understanding of design.
Through interdisciplinary projects such as exhibitions, competitions and cooperations, a responsible and active basic attitude is to be promoted, as well as respect and understanding for other people, especially those from other cultural backgrounds. Graduates should be able to work in a team and be prepared to take on later positions in a team or as a team leader. Through a stable value system, they can give themselves and others orientation in a changing environment.
Personal one-on-one supervision and working in small groups encourage a willingness to take responsibility and work in a team, and train creativity and critical faculties to find universally valid, design-relevant value standards.
The study of the relationships between form and color, material and technology, society, economy and market is an essential part of the training, as is the development of drawing and presentation skills, judgment and value standards. The representation and presentation of the product and the documentation of the process of creation is an indispensable part of the study.
Theory and practice are combined through an integrated practical study semester as well as through. Practical projects with companies, institutions and public facilities are closely linked. Due to the proximity to the laboratories of the study program Innovative Textiles, Media Design, Institute for Material Sciences at Hof University of Applied Sciences, extensive practical experiments are possible. The comprehensive technical equipment of the university offers an ideal environment for experimental work and justifies the reputation of the Münchberg textile design program as being particularly practice-oriented.

You are optimally prepared for your possible future tasks in various areas of the design world. In addition to classic areas such as clothing, home and contract textiles, textile designers are now offered a varied, constantly growing professional field. 

Graduates of the textile design program are in demand in a wide variety of design fields such as the fashion industry, sporting goods manufacturers, mobility, architecture, interior design, interior design or the furniture industry. In addition to this broad spectrum, there is also the possibility of working in a design studio or self-employment.