The first application period for the academic year 2020 (from April 2020 to March 2022) is open.
Those who wish to apply, please read through the application procedures, and contact us through sending us a mail to the this address. We will arrange a Skype interview meeting for those who are interested in applying to the course.

ENSAD‘s graduation fashion show was organized on the first of July 2019. Our double degree students Viktoria Binger and Rickyy Wong participated in the show, and were able to present their graduation collection at the event.

Rickyy’s collection: Démission de l’amour

Rickyy, walking with his models

Viktoria’s collection: Je suis seulement l’image que tu a créée

Detail from Viktoria’s collection: Pants made from fabric presented by Yohji Yamamoto

From June 27th  to 29th 2019, the annual grad school seminar was held in Hokuyrūko, Nagano. Every year, the graduating students have to present their thesis topics, and spend a few days together to deepen the bonds between the professors and the students. Following the tradition, this year too, our GFC students participated in the seminar. However, next to presenting their thesis topics, this year the GFC students also organized several workshops linked to their research. There were workshops in photography, sketching and hip-hop dance, in which all the GFC students participated together.

Immersed in nature during our seminar

Photography workshop in action

GFC alumna and current administrative assistant Saskia Thoelen appeared as the reporter for Trails to Oishii Tokyo, a television program by NHK World. In this episode, featuring Matcha, Saskia had the opportunity to interview several renowned matcha makers, tea specialists and restaurant owners.

For those who are interested, the program can be seen on-demand through the following link:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/oishii/20190612/2054091/

We would like to inform that the second application period for the academic year 2019 has ended. With this all applications for the upcoming academic year have been completed. Those who wish to apply to the course, new application periods for the academic year 2020 will be held around September and December 2019. For those who have questions in the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact us through our ✉ mail address.

The second application period for the academic year 2019 (from April 2019 to March 2021) is open.
Those who wish to apply, please read through the application procedures, and contact us through sending us a mail to this address by by December 7 (Fri), 2018.
We will arrange a Skype interview meeting for those who are interested in applying to the course. Those who wish to conduct Skype interviews earlier than December 7th, can ask for this in their mail.

We especially welcome design students who wish to combine theory with practice. Of course, full thesis applicants are also welcome!

For questions, don’t hesitate to contact us either through our contact page or our mail address.

On October 12th, Prof. Dr. Clemens Thornquist from Böras University in Sweden visited the studio to give some personal advice to the collection path students.
Dr. Thornquist is a design researcher and fashion designer who unites academy and art in his research. During his short stay in Japan he visited Bunka and our GFC course. The master students had the opportunity to shortly present their current works and to receive feedback on their progress.