The Academy of Crafts and Design

The Academy of Crafts and Design - Gut Rosenberg is a Centre of Excellence of the Aachen Chamber of Crafts and Skilled Trades, www.hwk-aachen.de. Our Academy gives craftsmen with a creative talent the possibility to educate further in design. Since 1985, we have been offering degree courses in design for creative craftspeople. Nowadays, the academy is one of the best in design throughout the federal state NRW.
The quality and philosophy of our academy is characterised by experimenting with innovative ideas, trying new things with regards to the materials´ individual properties and the knowledge of established traditional handicraft. Together with our students, we expand on enthusiasm and passion for design. We do this in awareness of our responsibility for the culture of everyday objects - beyond the limits of each individual craft.

Our formal conditions for the application are:

• a completed qualification in a design related craft or another comparable education (copy of your diploma)
• CV
• a portfolio of drawings and/or photos of your artistic works or special design-works
• interview

Our intensive and individual guidance during the study is successful: since the business academy's establishment about 32 years ago, it educated 30 federal prize winners and 35 first-prize-winners from competitions held in North Rhine-Westphalia and throughout Germany.
The Federal Institute for Vocational Training (BIBB) awarded us with the Innovation in Continuing Education Prize 2008 for "Two in one".

• Academy of Design & Crafts Münster - www.akademie-gestaltung.de
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft des Kunsthandwerks NRW e.V. - www.kunsthandwerk-nrw.de
• ARGE Academies of Design in Germany - www.gestaltungsakademien.de
• Bleiberger Fabrik - www.bleiberger.de
• Compagnons du Devoir Deutschland e.V. - www.compagnons-du-devoir.de
• University of Applied Sciences Aachen, special field design - www.fh-aachen.de/design.html
• Friends of Gut Rosenberg -  further information
• Arts and Design Academy in Halle - www.burg-halle.de
• School of fashion makers in Münster - www.modemacher-muenster.de
• City Aachen - www.aachen.de
• Stiftergemeinschaft zur Förderung des Handwerks in der Region Aachen e.V.  - further information
• Journeyman desingers - further information
• West German Chambers of Crafts and Skilled Trades’ Council (WHKT) - www.handwerk-nrw.de
• Zeche Zollverein Essen (a former coal mine, which is now used as an event centre)  - www.zollverein.de