Max Bartram's project is dealing with the sensitive topic of panic attacks. Anxiety disorders are widespread, and it is of significant relevance to further address this topic to mitigate stigmatization. He decided to approach the topic in a lighthearted way, mainly by using a vibrant illustration style and designing easy-to-understand spreads of images.

This thesis project from Erlis Zarishta (M.A. Communication Design) is an inquiry and exploration in the field of design that addresses the topic of living in a family in which the father is absent and its consequences.

After an intensive analysis of the traditional colorful masks of Beijing Opera Jiawei Xu (M.A. Communication Design) has created own mask designs that form the basis for a new advertising campaign for the brand Nongfu Spring. New at HMKW: For the first time the master colloquium took place online via Skype.

Following the theoretical part of his bachelor thesis "City + Coat of Arms / Tradition & Modernism", Daniel Schreck (B.A. Graphic Design and Visual Communication) created a redesign concept for the city of Leipzig that helps refreshing the existing corporate image.

How can dance movements be translated into a visual language? In her bachelor thesis Elansa Czech has been investigating potentials for a radically new dance notation. How can a visual abstraction of dance add to the creation of a playing field and to the analysis of movements? Her research is based on the analysis of older dance notations from Rudolf von Laban and Pierre Beauchamp amongst others.

Valentina Almarza, student of M.A. Communication Design, picked a highly charged society topic for her master thesis: the climate change. With her speculative design approach, her investigation depicts future scenarios of a world that surpassed all climate tipping points.