Modules & Courses
Grow within the creative industry
The creative world moves fast—standing still is not an option. By continuously developing yourself and learning new skills, you stay relevant and take the lead in your field. That’s how you truly set yourself apart.
Our courses are built around our core focus areas: Trend Forecasting, Styling & Design, and Art Direction. Based on our Bachelor of Arts program, and developed in collaboration with leading experts and industry professionals, these 8-week courses iintegrate the latest insights, creative methods, and technologies. They’ll help you broaden your creative horizon, sharpen your skills, and learn directly from the best in the business.
You can choose to follow a single module or combine several that complement each other—maximizing your personal and professional growth.
Download the full course overview here.
Good to know: Part of the tuition fees may be reimbursed through Werktuig PPO, a Dutch government initiative that supports professional development in the creative and cultural sector. You can find more information and application details here.
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This program is designed for creative talents, beginners, and professionals who want to develop their skills in creative concept development or take a fresh step in their career. It equips emerging creatives with the tools to work as creative concept developers in challenging fields such as media, interior design, hospitality, fashion, and food. The program concludes with a final assignment, where all elements from the completed modules come together conceptually. This final project aligns with professional practice and tests your ability to apply what you have learned. The diploma provides a strong foundation for success in these dynamic industries.
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Digital Skills
Develop fundamental techniques for digital visualization and design using Adobe Creative Cloud. In a 7-week hands-on training with Photoshop and Illustrator, you’ll learn how to transform your creative ideas into professional designs that present your concepts more visually compelling and persuasive.
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Experience Design
Experience Design focuses entirely on creatively translating a brand identity into interactive, immersive, and meaningful real-world experiences. It combines aesthetics, storytelling, art, technology, (spatial) design, and styling with a deep understanding of users’ needs and expectations. This results in designs that make an impact not only visually but also conceptually.
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Creative Problem Solving
In the Creative Problem Solving module, you’ll learn the principles of systematic creative design. You’ll discover how to work from a problem or solution toward innovative concepts in a structured way—concepts that not only stand out but also truly meet the needs of your target audience. This approach gives you control over the creative process and helps you develop impactful, relevant products, campaigns, and experiences.
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Design Principes
In this module, you’ll learn how to shape a design using key aesthetic elements like materials, colors, textures, and forms. You'll get hands-on guidance on translating current trends and innovations into standout, visually powerful designs that work across creative fields. Perfect for anyone looking to make a bigger visual impact and create functional, eye-catching concepts!
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Set Design
In the Set Design module, you’ll learn how to create visual worlds that bring themes to life. We focus specifically on designing physical environments for events, museums, film and TV productions, theater, exhibitions, editorials, and retail. The goal is to craft the right atmosphere and setting for a story or performance—essential in building the visual, aesthetic, and thematic context that strengthens and communicates the narrative.
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Trend Forecasting
In this module, you will learn how to identify signals from society, culture, and industry and systematically map shifts in values. By applying various forecasting methods, you will not only gain a deeper understanding of trends but also translate them into strategies and make well-founded predictions about future developments in your sector. You will go beyond trend watching—the observation of emerging developments—and take the next step into trend forecasting, the analysis and prediction of trends. This skill is essential for creating innovative and future-proof concepts.
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Visual Storytelling
Visual storytelling is the opportunity to take your narrative skills to the next level. It’s all about conveying a message clearly and powerfully through visuals. By doing so, you evoke emotion in your audience and strengthen your brand identity. This skill helps you engage your audience in a meaningful, impactful way—without the need for words.
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Spatial Visualization & Experience
This module lays the foundation for creating innovative designs that completely transform the experience of interior and exterior spaces. By exploring materials, light, scent, sound, textures, and colors, you’ll discover how to enhance both the functionality and atmosphere of a space. You’ll work with the latest 3D visualization techniques to bring your spatial concepts to life.
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Reimbursement of tuition fees with Werktuig PPO
Werktuig PPO supports and funds professional development for anyone working in the creative or cultural sector—whether you're employed or self-employed.
This includes professionals in a wide range of roles within cultural and creative organizations. Freelancers registered in one of the sectors of art, heritage, media, or the creative industries are also eligible to apply.
You can find more information here.