​Design Summer Schools 2016 - Apply Now

People always want to learn more, so we understand the world around us better and help shape our own future. Knowing that, we went out and searched for the coolest, oldest, and prestiges design summer schools these next months. If we missed the one you are organizing or attending, please let us know.

So pack your swimsuit and find yourself a hands on design summer learning experience.

• Type@Paris Summer 2016
  20 June - 22 July 2016
  Paris, France
  € 4200. Max. 15 participants

• Amsterdam Creative City: Media, Art & Architecture
  20 June - 15 July 2016
  Amsterdam, Netherlands
  € 1000.

• Test Unit
  3 - 9 July 2016
  Glasgow, Scotland
  Application deadline: 30 May at 10pm 2016
  £175 - £350. Max. 30 participants

• 180 Creative Camp
  3 - 10 July 2016
  Abrantes, Portugal
  Application deadline: 25 May 2016
  € 100 - 300.

  Read our interview with Nuno Alves, curator of 180 Creative Camp and programming director of Canal180.

• Speculative and Critical Design Summer School
  4 - 15 July 2016
  London, United Kingdom
  Application deadline: 31 May 2016
  £ 1595. Max. 15 participants

• Booksfromthefuture Summer School 2016
  4 - 15 July 2016
  London, United Kingdom
  Application deadline: 1 June 2016, midnight
  £ 600. Max. 15 participants

  Read our interview with Yvan Martinez and Joshua Trees founders Booksfromthefuture Summer School.

• Porto Design Summer School
  4-16 July 2016
  Porto, Portugal
  Application deadline: 23 May 2016
  € 1490. Max. 22 participants

• Know-How / Show-How Summer program 2016
  11 - 22 July 2016
  Sofia, Bulgaria
  Application deadline: 30 May 2016
  € 200.

• TDi 2016
  18 - 29 July 2016
  Reading, United Kingdom
  £ 860 - 2510.

• ISIA Urbino/Werkplaats Typografie Summer School 2016
  24 July - 5 August 2016
  Urbino, Italy
  Application deadline: 23 May 2016
  € 1000. Max. 24 participants

• ISIA Urbino Type Design Week 2016
  25 July - 30 July 2016
  Urbino, Italy
  Application deadline: 5 June 2016
  € 550.

• Open Set Dutch Design Summer School
  24 July - 6 August 2016
  Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  Application deadline: 1 June 2016
  € 100 - 900. Max. 25 participants

  Read our interview with artistic director and co-founder of Open Set, Irina Shapiro.

• Asterisk Suvekool 2016
  26 July - 4 August 2016
  Talinn, Estonia

• Typography Summer School New York
  1 - 5 August 2016
  New York, United States
  Application deadline: 1 May 2016
  $750. Max. 24 participants

• Virtual Fiction at School Of Machines, Making & Make-Believe
  1 - 26 August 2016
  Berlin, Germany
  € 1500 - 2400. Max. 10 - 15 participants

• Summer Sessions 2016
  6 - 21 August 2016
  Mexico City, Mexico
  Application deadline: 15 May 2016
  € 1650 - 1995. Max. 20 participants

• The Ventriloquist Summerschool
  8 - 13 August 2016
  Olso, Norway
  Application deadline: 1 July 2016
  Free.

If you want to do something totally different than design, check out the website for Summer Schools in Europe. They offer a complete overview of all summer courses provided by universities around Europe.

Enjoy your summer!