The Zurich School of Design is a competence center for design, media production and color and promotes the creative implementation of communication, the co-design of the environment and the professional production and output of data. In addition to the basic design training courses and the preliminary design course for young people, it offers an attractive range of further education courses and extra-occupational training courses in higher vocational education and training leading to federally recognized qualifications. The recognized certificates, specialist certificates and diplomas in higher vocational education and training enable students at the Vocational School of Design Zurich to take on demanding and responsible tasks and management functions that guarantee lasting benefits for dealing with complex problems in professional practice.
The continuing education courses in the areas of publishing and digital media, photography and film, typography and design, painting and drawing, printing techniques and bookbinding, jewelry and object design pursue a professional standard and lead to a deepening and expansion of skills in technology and design. Continuing education, further training at the Schule für Gestaltung Zürich opens up new perspectives and creates openness to developments and new ideas.
Range of federally recognized courses:
- Dipl. Gestalter/in CHE Communication Design, specializing in Interaction Design
- Graduate designer CHE in communication design, specializing in visual design
- Graduate designer CHE communication design, product design
- Graduate manager CHE, specializing in media
- Media Producer EFA
- Operations specialist in printing and packaging technology EFA
- Advertising technology specialist EFA
- Interior Designer
- Master painter ED
- Site manager with SMGV diploma
- Project Manager Color EFA
- Continuing education, further training for carrossier professions
- Continuing education, further training for industrial painters
- Preliminary design course for young people (cert.)
Range of courses
Photography and film
- Filming and editing
- Processing black and white films and discovering analog photography
Painting, drawing and illustrating
- Drawing and illustration studio
- Nude drawing
Printing techniques, bookbinding, typography and design
- Copperplate printing studio
- Lithography and lithography studio
- Screen printing studio
- Bookbinding and cardboard packaging
- Elementary typography: designing, implementing, printing (lead typesetting)
- Writing workshop
Jewelry and object design
- Gemstone setting
- Introduction to gemmology
- Experimental metal casting, jewelry and objects in bronze and silver
- Casting techniques
Publishing and digital media
- Motion Design
- Blender 3D
- UX
- Introduction to GREP
Packaging
- Sustainable packaging design
Detailed information on the printing and binding techniques courses can be found on our website.
» Information on the courses in printing and bookbinding techniques
The school is characterized by its wide range of courses and practical relevance as well as its ability to adapt to current and relevant conditions and requirements of professions in the creative industries and trades. The school's ISO 21001 certification is proof of the high quality standards required of an educational institution.
