Faculty of Design and Art - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

27/03/2026

In a world driven by information, learning how to read and represent it is essential.

This is a glimpse of the Information Design & Visual Storytelling course at UNIBZ's Master in Eco-Social Design, featuring both posters and data physicalizations created by students during the winter semester.

From theory to practice, from ideas to tangible forms 🌿


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25/02/2026

2.03.2026, 6PM, Room F6, Semester Inaugural Talk by Alexander Roemer Constructlab

The talk explores convivial ground as an experimental, materially rooted and transdisciplinary space of consent-based co-creation. 

 

Alex Roemer, architect, designer and carpenter, Alexander Römer initiated the international design-build network Constructlab in 2012 as a member of the former EXYZT collective (2005 - 2013). Constructlab is a laboratory for action research, constructive experimentation and interdisciplinary creation.

 

https://constructlab.net/

22/01/2026

ENG
📚✨ This is the place — Libraries to stay, to speak, to play, and also to read.
Libraries are no longer just places to read — they are spaces to meet, stay together, exchange ideas, and create. This exhibition This is the place — Libraries to stay, to speak, to play, and also to read explores the library as a living community space, inspired by examples from Denmark, the Netherlands, and Spain, where knowledge is shared, questioned, and produced collectively.

🗓 Opening: 22nd January, 6:00 PM
📍 Tessmann Library, Armando Diaz 8 Street
📆 Exhibition: 23rd January – 28th February 2026

DEU
📚✨ This is the place — Libraries to stay, to speak, to play, and also to read.
Bibliotheken sind heute nicht mehr nur Orte zum Lesen — sie sind Treffpunkte, Aufenthaltsräume und Orte gemeinsamer Gestaltung. Die Ausstellung This is the Place - Libraries to stay, to speak, to play, and also to read zeigt die Bibliothek als lebendigen Gemeinschaftsraum und nimmt Beispiele aus Dänemark, den Niederlanden und Spanien in den Blick, wo Wissen geteilt, hinterfragt und gemeinsam geteilt wird.

🗓 Eröffnung: 22. Januar, 18:00 Uhr
📍 Tessmann Bibliothek, Armando-Diaz-Straße 8
📆 Ausstellung: 23. Januar – 28. Februar 2026

ITA
📚✨ This is the place — Libraries to stay, to speak, to play, and also to read.
Le biblioteche non sono più solo luoghi dedicati alla lettura, ma luoghi comunitari in cui incontrarsi, stare insieme e creare. La mostra This is the place — Libraries to stay, to speak, to play, and also to read esplora la biblioteca come spazio sociale vivo, ispirandosi a esempi in Danimarca, nei Paesi Bassi e in Spagna, dove il sapere viene condiviso, discusso e prodotto collettivamente.

🗓 Inaugurazione: 22 gennaio, ore 18:00
📍 Biblioteca Tessmann, Via Armando Diaz 8
📆 Mostra: 23 gennaio – 28 febbraio 2026

20/01/2026

Open to everyone!
Friday, 23.01. from 6 PM
Saturday, 24.01. from 11 AM to 5 PM

Come by and enjoy some young spirited creativity!

02/12/2025

Design for Children. 2012-2025

Taking place on
Friday, 5th December 2025
from 10 AM to 6 PM in D 1.01
and hold in Italian.

During the conference, the book that narrates and documents the experience and research carried out over these years will be presented.
The event is open to everyone, and participation is free of charge.
Registration link: https://www.unibz.it/it/events/10-3-design-for-children
Conference organized by Giorgio Camuffo and Gerda Videsott.
Book cover design by Andy Rementer.

27/11/2025

Save the Date – Books in the Making | Nelson Chan / TIS books
 
Dear all,
Save the date for the third event of Books in the Making, a series of open talks exploring contemporary editorial practices.
Nelson Chan / TIS books
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 – 4:30 pm
Hybrid lecture in Room F1.06 and online, Faculty of Design and Art, unibz
 
Nelson Chan was born in New Jersey to immigrant parents from Hong Kong and Taiwan and has spent most of his life between the United States and Hong Kong. Growing up on two continents with distinct cultural identities, his immigrant experience has profoundly shaped much of his work.
He received his BFA and MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and the Hartford Art School, respectively. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions such as the Museum of Chinese in America (New York, NY); the Boston Center for the Arts (Boston, MA); The Print Center (Philadelphia, PA); Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin, Germany); and 798 Space (Beijing, China). His books are held in the institutional libraries of The Met, the Guggenheim, SFMOMA, the Whitney Museum, the Harry Ransom Center, and MoMA, among others.
Nelson is a co-founder of the Brooklyn-based TIS Books, an art book publishing house specializing in small-edition photobooks. From 2016 to 2019, he served as production manager at the Aperture Foundation.
In 2025, Nelson was awarded tenure at the California College of the Arts but ultimately left the Bay Area to join the Rhode Island School of Design, where he teaches as an associate professor of photography.
 
Call link: you can find the QR code in the carousel. The talk will be held in American English.

05/11/2025

Learn all about our Design and Art majors during the presentations and discover where ideas take shape by joining the guided tours of our workshops!
 
Check out the full programme, find the link in our story and register for the Bachelor Day on the 8th of November!
 

04/11/2025

04/11/2025

Buon Sangue Non Mente è un’esplorazione fotografica delle dinamiche identitarie e delle ereditàpsicologiche all’interno della famiglia allargata. Attraverso una serie di ritratti meticolosamentecostruiti dei membri della parentela sanguigna, il lavoro indaga il concetto di proiezione epercezione soggettiva. Ogni fotografia è il risultato della personale interpretazione dei soggetti, conscelte estetiche specifiche per cristallizzare la mia visione di ogni individuo.Il progetto inverte le tradizionali dinamiche di aspettativa familiare, tipiche di contesti socioculturalicome quello della periferia del Sud Italia, dove il ruolo di “unico erede maschio” ha storicamente comportato significative pressioni identitarie. Le immagini diventano, in questo senso,una „mitologia familiare“, dove la percezione personale ridefinisce e talvolta deforma la realtà deisoggetti.Il titolo, „Buon Sangue Non Mente,“ è un diretto confronto con il detto popolare italiano che veicolal’idea di un destino e un carattere predeterminati dalla stirpe. L’opera suggerisce che le percezionidell’individuo sono profondamente plasmate dall’educazione e dalle proiezioni ricevute, generandomeccanismi interni che costituiscono la personalità stessa. Buon Sangue Non Mente si configuracosì come un atto di restituzione visiva, un’analisi critica che mira a scardinare strutture e tradizionifamiliari che possono, metaforicamente, mutilare e deformare l’identità, proponendo una riflessioneessenziale per le future generazioni.

23/10/2025

Save the Date – Books in the Making | Morgan Crowcroft-Brown | October 27, 6 pm
Dear all,
Save the date for the second appointment of Books in the Making, a new series of open talks exploring contemporary editorial practices.
Morgan Crowcroft-Brown
Monday, October 27, 2025 – 6 pm
Room D1.01, Faculty of Design and Art, unibz
Morgan Crowcroft-Brown is a designer and production manager at MACK, the London-based publishing house. Her editorial work and books have received international recognition. Since 2018, Crowcroft-Brown has worked on publications with photographers ranging from Stephen Shore to Teju Cole, and from Luigi Ghirri to Deanna Templeton.