Department of Design

Diploma 2026

Diploma projects

I Am Not One

Sacha Schwarz
«Performing Messiness» by Nadja Schmidle. © ZHdK.

Performing Messiness

Nadja Schmidle
Diploma projects

deus ex alga

Lisa Richert
Obra by Johannes Grossmann. © ZHdK.

Obra

Johannes Grossmann
Diploma projects

What You Say Is What You Get?

Fabian Pitzer
Diploma projects

Ein Stück mehr Wir

Paris Baumann
Embodied Deformations by Kishore Krishnakumar. © ZHdK.

Embodied Deformations

Kishore Krishnakumar
«Touch Grass» by Tendai Bollinger. © ZHdK.

Touch Grass

Tendai Bollinger
«Flourish» by Anic Müri & Benjamin Scherrer. © ZHdK.

Flourish

Anic Müri & Benjamin Scherrer
Diploma projects

Riparienses Milites

Sharon Rieser
«Flowbound» by Erja Kumar. © ZHdK.

Flowbound

Erja Kumar
Diploma projects

Emphasizing the Overlooked

Nevin GoetschmannIn
Diploma projects

Paper:Play

Vera Bardin
Diploma projects

Of Moss & Men

Jonathan Youd
Diploma projects

Principia Magica

Tim Ruf
SCHNUUF by Jacqueline Keller. © ZHdK.

SCHNUUF

Jacqueline Keller
In Situ Machines by Micha Baggenstos. © ZHdK.

In Situ Machines

Micha Baggenstos
Sailing Peperoni, Sophie Herfort © ZHdK

Sailing Peperoni

Sophie Herfort
Diploma projects

SENSE 360°

Catharina Zühlsdorf
Diploma projects

Dive

Loïs Grimm
«Rocket Bunny Grows a Garden» by Max Egli & Faina Tatarenko. © ZHdK.

Rocket Bunny Grows a Garden

Max Egli & Faina Tatarenko
Diploma projects

Non-human Photography and Implications of Machine Vision

Jan Reisecker
Diploma projects

feedforward

Rebecca De Bautista
«Laundrotastic» by Muriel Ackermann. © ZHdK.

Laundrotastic

Muriel Ackermann
Diploma projects

surgical sealant link

Simon Haas
Diploma projects

Flowra

Lea Helbok, Lorena Cirincione
Diploma projects

Echo 1971

Alexa Weiss
Julius Bitter und Neda Hofer © ZHdK

Cancel Me Softly

Julius Bitter, Neda Hofer
Diploma projects

Mäzenatische Machtstrukturen – Eine Untersuchung am Beispiel der Familie

Lia Grünig
«Akua Studios» by Brenda Offe. © ZHdK.

Akua Studios

Brenda Offe
Diploma projects

Lexicoda

Stanislas Favre
«super dreamy wave catcher boys» by Damian Gierer. © ZHdK.

super dreamy wave catcher boys

Damian Gierer
Diploma projects

Friedliche Höfe

Loris Truninger
Mena by Yu Ting Chung. © ZHdK.

Mena

Yu Ting Chung
Diploma projects

Not About T-Shirts At All

Ciriaco Limongelli
LIWA by Abirshana Thaylakuru ,Trisha Wettstein. © ZHdK.

LIWA

Abirshana Thaylakuru, Trisha Wettstein
Diploma projects

Current’s Wanderers

Massimo Bordogna
Diploma projects

Shaping Understanding – A Glossary

Vivien Pöhls
Diploma projects

Informed, Not Alarmed: Designing Result Communication for Menstrual Blood Self-Testing

Caroline Krasnosselski
Diploma projects

Digital Alchemy

Sebastian Burckhardt
Diploma projects

No Longer

Yasmina Kupferschmid
«KUSKUTA – System Awakening» by Nicolas Keel. © ZHdK.

KUSKUTA – System Awakening

Nicolas Keel
Diploma projects

Riverando

Silvana De Paola
Diploma projects

ÆMA — In Search of Naturalness

Anastasiia Maslei
«RADYA» by Mauro Zocco. © ZHdK.

RADYA

Mauro Zocco
«her.png» by Asya Fischer. © ZHdK.

her.png

Asya Fischer
Diploma projects

Appetizer

Luis Kohler, Jan Schweizer
«Ossuarium» by Ariana Huber & Nina Hungerbühler. © ZHdK.

Ossuarium

Ariana Huber & Nina Hungerbühler
Diploma projects

Tooling to Regenerate

Caja Peters
«Volkstanzen für Alle!» by Laura Balsiger. © ZHdK.

Volkstanzen für Alle!

Laura Balsiger
Diploma projects

Anqr

Jonathan Gartenmann
Diploma projects

Aquatic Regeneration

Fabienne Inhelder
Diploma projects

Repair Rituals

Miel Schneeberger
Diploma projects

Do You Buy It?

Leon Junge
Diploma projects

Vulvue

Meagan Crowe de Janon, Elena Fabrikant
Diploma projects

Reiz

Anja Hügli
Diploma projects

732 Masken

Remo Alessandro Wyss
Diploma projects

72 Hours

Chantal Clay
Diploma projects

Mapping Carceral Environments: Investigating the Prison as a Spatial and Institutional Phenomenon

Paula Meyer-Clason
Diploma projects

First Person View

Miles Fischli
«Guerilla Playground» by Timon Valkanover. © ZHdK.

Guerilla Playground

Timon Valkanover
Diploma projects

Deciphering Traces

Maila Schärer
Diploma projects

Pēnelópē

Nina Hitz
Diploma projects

Echoes of the Past

Pia Weintögl
Diploma projects

In Search of No-Self

Nicole (Tingxuan) He
«Embodiment Practices» by Tonia Erismann. © ZHdK.

Embodiment Practices

Tonia Erismann
Diploma projects

Was söll das?

Nick Wegmann
Burned Bridges, Samira Isler © ZHdK

Burned Bridges

Samira Isler
Diploma projects

Gegen Gift – 40 Jahre Widerstand.

Viviane Bettschart
Aesthetics of Care by Nathanael Boell. © ZHdK.

Aesthetics of Care

Nathanael Boell
«Ich möchte und ich wünsche mir…» by Anna Jakob, Rahel Ruf. © ZHdK.

Ich möchte und ich wünsche mir…

Anna Jakob, Rahel Ruf
Diploma projects

Core Questions

Jasmin Peter
Diploma projects

Fortune Hotline

Christian Fluri
VOID by Bohdan Kalynkin. © ZHdK.

VOID

Bohdan Kalynkin
«ESCUCHA» by Alyssa Grieder. © ZHdK.

ESCUCHA

Alyssa Grieder
«The Bathers» by Selina Hirsch. © ZHdK.

The Bathers

Selina Hirsch
Diploma projects

Terrabacteria

Karya Anliak
Diploma projects

Windstill

Anne Holmegaard
Diploma projects

Verwurzelt

Manon Davies
Diploma projects

7 Ways of Surviving NY77

Clara Kuhnke
Diploma projects

SHAME

Nadja Häfliger
Diploma projects

SOFT SUIT

Luna Schäfer
Diploma projects

FINE-ANTS

Niclas Funk
Diploma projects

Be Aware

Eva Yunna Edens
Diploma projects

Night as Habitat

Glenn Hope Fischli
Diploma projects

Make me a man

Praveena Srirathan
Diploma projects

28+0

Luisa Brioschi
«Follow» by Catiana Weiss. © ZHdK.

Follow

Catiana Weiss
Diploma projects

7 lyrische Manöver

Timon Wallianos
Diploma projects

Orion

Tommaso Poggi, Pablo Blumer
Diploma projects

Not Made to Fit

Anna Senko
Diploma projects

Margins of Infiltration

Lisa Sophia Sommer
Diploma projects

SONORO

Joel Staub
Diploma projects

FULL OUT

Dana Cavaliere
Diploma projects

Buoy

Janis Mayer
Diploma projects

Chornozem

Yaroslava Shylyk, Kirill Kohl, Olivia Menezes
Klub Kult, Gioia Clavijo © ZHdK

Klub Kult

Gioia Clavijo
Diploma projects

Lens

Noel Kampus, Nico Frey
«SUPER LAZY» by Jan Espig. © ZHdK.

SUPER LAZY

Jan Espig
Diploma projects

RE:PACK

Brendan Strickler
Serwa by Sina Budmiger, Ben Sauter. © ZHdK.

Serwa

Sina Budmiger, Ben Sauter
BOVINE, Nathalie Sulser © ZHdK

BOVINE

Nathalie Sulser
Diploma projects

FRAGMENTS

Sarahí Salazar
Diploma projects

Between Gravel and Meandering

Jasmin Dölle
Diploma projects

ATTENTION ATTENTION

Dennis Vugts
Neue Gerätelogik by Lukas Mendes. © ZHdK.

Neue Gerätelogik

Lukas Mendes
Diploma projects

Wasserstand

Tim Frei
Diploma projects

Between Glances

Iris Prelorentzou
Diploma projects

The Art of Reasoning

Thinle Shitsetsang, Leroy Jallow
Handwerkerinnen, Tonya Rupp © ZHdK

Handwerkerinnen

Tonya Rupp
Diploma projects

Rouge

Alicia Godel
Diploma projects

Dad’s Expiry Date

Chiara Felicia Temmel
SURIUM, Eleni Erkoç © ZHdK

SURIUM

Eleni Erkoç
Diploma projects

Embracing Uncertainties

Jelka Freivogel
Diploma projects

On uncertainty: a graphic view on its forms

Silvana Aponte
Diploma projects

Liebes Werdendes Ich

Lisa Steiger
Diploma projects

Deadline

Lola Renner
Somnii by Andri Frauenfelder. © ZHdK.

Somnii

Andri Frauenfelder
Navigationssystem für komplexe Umgebungen by Alessandra Brunner, Gingko Däster Fonda. © ZHdK.

Hoshii

Alessandra Brunner, Gingko Däster Fonda
Diploma projects

ANY Magazine – Remains of Love

Valerie Rohner
Urban Energy Commons by Madeleine L. Hykes. © ZHdK.

Urban Energy Commons

Madeleine L. Hykes
«(dis)appearing» by Lia Bellini, Meret Gut. © ZHdK.

(dis)appearing

Lia Bellini, Meret Gut
«Frozen Tracks» by Gianmarco di Vincenzo & Jan Thüring. © ZHdK.

Frozen Tracks

Gianmarco Di Vincenzo & Jan Thüring
Diploma projects

Ase Schoe

Lea Spiess
NovelArch by Colin Rhiner. © ZHdK.

NovelArch

Colin Rhiner