Short courses · Spring term 2027

Learnto seein shapes

Form Schule is a design school for curious adults. Six-week workshops in colour, type, material and space, taught the way the modernists did: by making.

12

short courses

6

weeks each

16

students per studio

1926

workshops since

“The workshop is the classroom. Your hands will learn what your eyes cannot.”

From our founding charter, written on the back of a timetable.

01

Courses

Every course runs for one evening and one Saturday a week, with materials included.

Foundation

Colour & Contrast

Mix, juxtapose and measure colour. From the seven contrasts to your own palette system.

Length
6 weeks
Starts
12 Jan
Fee
€680

Foundation

Grid & Letter

Typography from the ground up: modules, margins and a typeface drawn with compass and rule.

Length
6 weeks
Starts
12 Jan
Fee
€680

Intermediate

Form & Material

Wood, metal and glass in the workshop. Learn what each material wants to become.

Length
8 weeks
Starts
19 Jan
Fee
€920

All levels

Weaving Studio

Loom, thread and pattern. Structure as ornament, on handlooms and digital jacquard.

Length
6 weeks
Starts
26 Jan
Fee
€740

All levels

New Vision Photography

Steep angles, hard shadows and the photogram. A darkroom and a rooftop are your studio.

Length
5 weeks
Starts
2 Feb
Fee
€610

Advanced

Steel Tube Furniture

Bend, weld and upholster your own chair in our metal shop. Leave with something you can sit on.

Length
10 weeks
Starts
9 Feb
Fee
€1,240
02

Week plan

A typical week in the spring term. Studios stay open until 21:00 for course members.

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
Colour & ContrastStudio 1
Form & MaterialWorkshop A
Grid & LetterStudio 3
Lecture: SpaceAula
Weaving StudioTextile room
Steel Tube FurnitureMetal shop
Open critAula
New Vision PhotographyDarkroom
Grid & LetterStudio 3
Form & MaterialWorkshop A
Colour & ContrastStudio 1
Friday Workshop: Make AnythingAll studios
03

Workshop masters

Practising designers and makers who teach two days a week and work in their studios the rest.

04

The Annual Exhibition

14 May – 30 June 2027

Three floors of student work: chairs, typefaces, textiles, photographs and one very large mobile. Free entry, with late openings every Thursday until 22:00.

  • Opening night · Friday 14 May, 19:00
  • Curator tours · Saturdays, 11:00
  • Family workshop · Sundays, 14:00
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Enrolment for spring is open

Places are limited to sixteen per studio. Apply by 15 December 2026 and pay nothing until your place is confirmed.