UX and UI design
You will learn user experience (UX) and interface design, and how to prepare photographic and film documentation of your projects.
Information is the core of communication
The Communication Design specialization combines traditional imaging and design with the latest technologies and moving images. However, tools are supposed to inspire communication designers, who consciously and responsibly develop effective messages. You must understand the people with whom you communicate and you must know what you want to convey. What you do, as a communication designer, will influence someone’s choices, decisions and experience.
About the program
Level
Undergraduate
(Bachelor's Degree)
Duration
4 year (8 terms)
Mode
Full-time program
Language
Studies in English
Tuition
EUR 7,250 per year
Admissions are now open.
You will learn how to develop convincing and trustworthy messages and create effective means of interaction
The Communication Design program will teach you how to work in a 2D and a virtual environment. You will draw, print, photograph, and film to later transform these images in many different ways. You will create multilayered multimedia stories and functionally complex systems, and you will design simple tools making life easier for users.
Our study program, which strongly relates to the surrounding environment, will allow you to understand the practical dimension of the communication design profession. While working on your projects, you will combine various forms of communication, including paper, digital elements, events, film, as well as activities in public space. You will learn how to use analogue and digital tools, and you will complete complex projects based on the knowledge concerning human behavior, society and culture.
Our study program, which strongly relates to the surrounding environment, will allow you to understand the practical dimension of the communication design profession. While working on your projects, you will combine various forms of communication, including paper, digital elements, events, film, as well as activities in public space. You will learn how to use analogue and digital tools, and you will complete complex projects based on the knowledge concerning human behavior, society and culture.
Indywidual and team work
2D and a virtual environment
You will complete individual and team projects, including publication design, visual identification, spatial graphic design, and interaction. While working on these projects you will also develop a prototype, technical documentation and a description of the whole process.
Design
Tool work
Design Tools
You will focus on your favorite tools and practice skills related to the equipment that will become part of your future career. You will acquire animation skills and will learn how to use the tools aimed at designing for Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR & VR).
Master classes
Meeting with designers
You will participate in Master Classes, led by our collaborators, renowned professionally active designers, who work in Poland and abroad.
During Master Classes you will have an opportunity to learn about new tools and design strategies, but most of all, you will meet acclaimed individuals, specializing in design and related disciplines, such as science, art, and business.
Internship
Cooperation with companies
You will complete over 800 hours of internship, providing you with an excellent opportunity to use your practical skills in an actual professional environment.
School of Form offers you the chance to complete your practicum with one of our partnering businesses/organizations; however, you may also secure the internship with another organization of your choice.
What do Communication Design students do?
Path of study
Choose your tool path
During your third year of study, you will select your tool tract. You can choose between:
Illustration Path
In the Illustration Path, you will perfect your skills and develop competencies related to the use of various illustration tools and techniques, both analogue and digital, such as drawing, illustration, screen printing, photography, film, and animation.
Your potential career path
- illustrator
- graphic designer
- animation designer
- photographer
- photo editor
- motion designer
Visual Systems Path
In the Visual Systems Path you will focus on the tools required for designing complex visual systems that combine elements of typography and illustration.
Your potential career path
- mobile app designer
- visual identification designer
- interface designer
- UX designer
Our staff
Practitioners and theorists, designers, and researchers
At the School of Form, our team includes respected practitioners — designers whose knowledge and expertise are continually validated by the ever-changing demands of the marketplace; experienced educators who have designed the curriculum; and researchers and theorists whose scholarly pursuits address the profound social, cultural, and environmental influences of design.
Paweł Starzec
Vice-Dean for Student Affairs at the Faculty of Faculty of Design in Warsaw. Coordinator of the Communication Design specialization.
Communication design is an attempt to harness, frame, and consciously and effectively construct the ongoing process that is constantly unfolding around us and between us.
Lecturers
Dominik Cudny
Head of the photo-video studio, a professional photographer by choice, a psychologist by education
Bio
Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka
Artistic director at School of Form, Dean of Faculty Design in Warsaw
Bio
Łukasz Jędraszczak
Assistant in the Numerical machines workshop, graduate of architecture and urban planning at Warsaw University of Technology, huge fan of lego
Bio
Stanisław Macleod
Assistant in the woodworking and metal workshop, furniture and product designer, graduate of Glasgow School of Art
Bio
Paulina Matusiak
Graphic Designer
Bio
Estera Mrówka
Assistant in the Screen Printing and Drawing Studio, she explores the artistic possibilities of utilizing drawing in illustration, workshop graphics, ceramics, and sculpture
Bio
Szymon Pasierb
Head of the woodworking and metal workshop, furniture and product designer, graduate of London Metropolitan University
Bio
Our students' projects
You will develop, execute, and document your project
Studios and workshops
You will benefit from professional studios
You will have an opportunity to work in our specialized studios and workshops equipped with state-of-the-art tools and machines. This way, you will be able to work on your own projects, including those extending beyond the curriculum, and consult your work with teachers. Some studios and workshops are accessible to students during school hours. Others are open at specific times and students may work there under the supervision of teaching assistants and specialists.
Software
You will get to use professional Adobe software throughout your studies
Our university is the first and only one in Poland to join the Adobe Creative Campus program. What does this mean for you?
- You will have access to the full Adobe Creative Cloud suite, including top-tier programs like Acrobat, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Lightroom, InDesign, and Animate.
- You can use these tools not just in university labs but on all your devices.
- You will also get the extended version of Adobe Express for Higher Education, which includes GenAI features and a vast library of templates and images.
- You will have the opportunity to join the Adobe Ambassadors program, where you can participate in unique classes and projects, adding valuable experience to your resume.
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