Sebastian Sonnewend

Crossmedia Design is a four-year programme. The Fine Art, Moving Image and Crossmedia Design programmes are separated from the beginning, but at AKI the separation between art and design is not considered absolute. You can decide how autonomous or applied your work is; you have the option at any point during your studies to make crossovers of the disciplines—of art and design, 2D and 3D, or craft and concept. In the second and third semesters, you will be introduced to all of the media, assimilating all the facets of design and forms of expression in a series of short, intensive exercises. The duration of your projects will increase in the third and fourth year of the programme, and you will increasingly be expected to determine, motivate and perform your own role: what do I want and how can I accomplish that? The school’s lectures and assignments are designed so that students can work from their own perspective. The emphasis is on individual supervision, even in the class-based lessons. Starting in the second year, each student is assigned a personal mentor from among the instructors to guide his/her personal development in the best possible way.