Art and Design (Graphics)

Course summary

Graphic Design is a hands-on, ideas-driven studio-based course where you will learn a variety of approaches to visual communication. Use words and images to reflect the world around you. Honing your skills from typography to branding to print design to storyboarding to web design. The Graphic Design studio is based in the brand new Art and Design building, fully equipped with computer suites with industry-recognized design and editing software to allow you to experiment creatively. You will also have access to a range of practical equipment including screen printing, allowing you to develop a wide range of skills. Using words, images, and ideas to reflect the world around you, graphic design will help you develop your thoughts into real projects that promote and inspire others. Graphic design combines design & illustration to build skills and ideas. Early coursework will explore a broad range of practical sketchbook and Photoshop skills whilst embedding the fundamentals of design. You will then apply what you have learned in briefs using research, development of ideas, and refinement to finished pieces. All work is carried out in sketchbooks and you will cover diverse media such as print, typography, photography, Photoshop, animation, and illustration. Your practical sketchbooks build on early work and follow a pathway of analytical research of artists’ work, development, and idea refinement to final practical pieces within the exploration of a given theme. Personal exploration is encouraged, as are independent student work, thought, and idea generation.