KEA Charrette International Design Workshop

Location:

KEA campus Copenhagen, Denmark 

KEA Copenhagen School of Design and Technology is happy to invite students and lecturers once again to be part of the Charrette workshop at KEA.  Students from various design disciplines are welcome to participate; Architecture, Urban Design, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Product Design, Digital Design, Web Development, Fashion and Jewelry Design as well as Marketing/Business Development and Concept Development. 
It is important that the students and lecturers are interested in working across disciplines and learning, listening, and developing outside their own field. 

The theme for the Charrette is still being developed, but as always sustainability will be at the heart of the theme, and we can’t wait to share the specifics of the theme with you soon! 

The participation cost will be around €380-400 per student (including workshop fee, accommodation Saturday-Saturday, local transportation, daytime meals etc.).  

THE FRAME
1 week
100 students and advisors from all over the globe (10 Fontys students and 2 advisors)
Local organisations and companies in Copenhagen
10 innovative solutions
Unlimited network opportunities

ERASMUS 
The Charrette is again offered as an Erasmus BIP project and students are able to apply for BIP funding. 

SIGN UP
Registration is open for 8 Fontys students ICT & Media Design and 2 lecturers to participate the Charrette as advisors.
Students can sign up through the form on the right. You will receive a confirmation of participation with detailed information for followup. 

CHECK OUT
You can learn more about the Charrette (including former projects) here. 

This international project is a Blended Intensive Programme of Erasmus+ Erasums+ Logo
Start date: Oct 5, 2025
End date: Oct 10, 2025
Costs: around €380-400
Note: Registration is only possible for students ICT & Media Design

Registration form

Note: NOT your PCN but your Student number (7 digits)

Payment order of compensation for travel costs is processed and paid out via the bank account known to Fontys.
If tuition fees are paid by a third party, please enter your personal IBAN here:

Please ONLY fill in your bank account if you do not pay the Fontys tuition fees yourself.

Please use your Fontys email address!

Read the cancellation conditions here
KEA Charrette 2023

A group of ICT & Media Design students and lecturers Constanze Thomassen and Eric Heijligers travelled to Denmark for the annual KEA Charrette in October 2023. Theme of the international design workshop was "Urban Mining".

PARTICIPANTS 2023
Interdisciplinary teams with students from:

  • Copenhagen School of Design and Technology, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
  • Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria
  • Vilnius College of Design, Lithuania
  • George Brown College, Toronto, Canada
  • BHT Berlin, Germany
  • London South Bank University, UK
  • Sheffield Hallam University, UK
  • Senac, Sao Paolo, Brazil
  • OTIS School of Design, Los Angeles, US
  • TheI , Hong Kong