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Visual Communi­cation
What graphic tools will ensure that a message hits the mark and reaches its target? This programme addresses these issues and covers graphic design in all its dimensions, formats and media.
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© Michel Giesbrecht, HEAD ⁠–⁠ Genève
This department provides students with the full range of classical and digital communication tools. From drawing to video, including animation, publishing, typography, photography, layout, multimedia technologies and web design, the programme offers cross-disciplinary teaching in response to a fast-changing industry.
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© Baptiste Coulon, HEAD ⁠–⁠ Genève
This department provides students with the full range of classical and digital communication tools. From drawing to video, including animation, publishing, typography, photography, layout, multimedia technologies and web design, the programme offers cross-disciplinary teaching in response to a fast-changing industry.
image © Michel Giesbrecht,  HEAD ⁠–⁠ Genève
© Michel Giesbrecht, HEAD ⁠–⁠ Genève
BA in Visual Communi­cation
This training course covers graphic design in all formats and media. You will address visual communication issues in both print and digital form. Learning the basics, including layout and typographical composition, provides the necessary foundation to experiment with the various aspects of the trade. The programme includes cross-disciplinary courses with the BA in Illustration, in order to encourage experimentation with the multiple links between the two fields: shared tools, both analogue and digital, story and information scripting, conceptual articulation of text and images.
Useful information
Admission requirements: Completion of upper secondary education in the field (or professional experience) and successful completion of the entrance exam

Registration deadline: 5 March 2024

Fees, excluding costs: CHF 575 per semester

Duration: 6 semesters

Credits: 180ECTS

Professional prospects: graphic designer, web designer, editor, typographer, motion designer, creative director.

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© Michel Giesbrecht, HEAD ⁠–⁠ Genève
image © Michel Giesbrecht,  HEAD ⁠–⁠ Genève
© Michel Giesbrecht, HEAD ⁠–⁠ Genève
BA in Illustration
This new BA programme focuses on practices based on images and narration: illustration, graphic novel and animation. You will acquire traditional and digital tools to develop your approach as authors. You will experiment with drawing and image creation techniques in all their forms. You will practice your skills in storytelling, scriptwriting or formulating messages. The course encourages students to be curious and critical of the surrounding culture.
Useful information
Admission requirements: Completion of upper secondary school in the field (or professional experience) and successful completion of the entrance exam

Registration deadline: 5 March 2024

Fees, excluding costs: CHF 575 per semester

Duration: 6 semesters

Credits: 180ECTS

Professional prospects: graphic novel illustrator, publisher, press cartoonist, animation director

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© Raphaëlle Mueller, HEAD ⁠–⁠ Genève
MA in Media Design
Interaction design, game design, connected objects. This MA programme offers a course based on learning interaction design for scientific and social innovation. Whether you are graphic designers, industrial designers, engineers or computer scientists, you will take up the technological and societal challenges generated by artificial intelligence and new interfaces. At the end of the MA degree, you will master the practical, playful, critical as well as experimental aspects of the profession.
Useful information
Admission requirements: BA degree and successful completion of the entrance exam

Fees, excluding costs: CHF 575 per semester

Registration deadline: 25 March 2024

Duration: 4 semesters

Credits: 120ECTS

Professional perspectives: multimedia artist, data designer, motion designer, UX/UI designer, game designer, physical and technological environment designer, web designer, interaction designer

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© Raphaëlle Mueller, HEAD ⁠–⁠ Genève
Proof of faith, de Chloé Michel, MA Media Design 2022

Prix Lian Fondation 2022. Photo © Guillaume Collignon, HEAD – Genève
Proof of faith, de Chloé Michel, MA Media Design 2022
Mondi Morbidi, de Tiki Bordin, MA Media Design 2022
De la pluie et du soleil, de Léa Vautravers, BA Illustration 2022
De l'amour dans l'air, de Nadia Freymond, BA Illustration 2022
L'inclusif-ve, de Tristan Bartolini, BA Communication visuelle
Quelques bribes éparpillées par-ci, par-là, de Jeff Délez, BA Communication visuelle
Endless Dive, de Catia Ferreira Barreiras, MA Media Design
Portraits
I came to HEAD with the idea of developing my drawing and narrative skills. The cross-disciplinary courses developed my interest in typography, layout and the creation of 3D images.
Ivan Descombes, BA graduate in Visual Communication, 2020
Visual Communi­cation at HEAD – Genève
Experimental writing workshop with Aurélie William Levaux and Baptiste Brunello
Workshop offered during the inaugural week to the students of the BA in Illustration and Visual Communication
"Ikaro" by Johan Pardo, MA in Media Design 2021
Lian Foundation Award 2021
"Constellation Terrestre: Treize Mythes Alpins" by Elisa Féraud, BA in Visual Communication 2021
Winner of the Caran d'Ache Prize 2021 and AGPI Cryptogame 2021

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