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Studies & Degrees in Graphic Design

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Graphic Design Study Programs

Level: Undergraduate Bachelors     Location: Madrid
Level: Not Applicable     Location: Madrid
Level: Undergraduate Bachelors     Location: Madrid
Level: Graduate     Location: Madrid

Graphic designing involves various visual communication activities including drawing, painting, photographing, generating images on the computer or simply enhancing or editing all these to use for publicity purposes. From brand logos, to the colorful images on cereal boxes, all are developed by talented graphic designers. Various forms of design can be seen all around us including TV ads, magazine covers and interiors, book and album covers, restaurant menus and even bubble gum wraps.

Graphic design courses focus on a range of visual communication, recognizing that design is a cultural force that affects the consumer, transactions and social causes. Graphic Design curriculums at a good institute are developed to teach students conceptual problem solving, innovation, critical thinking, art and design, along with marketing and branding strategies.
Studying graphic design opens up new avenues in the advertising and publicity world. Various universities and institutes offer degree and diploma courses on graphic designing. These courses teach how to combine arts and technology to communicate and transfer ideas.

The Course Includes

Specialized graphic designing courses include the study of history of graphic design, 2-D and 3-D design, layout, print and editorial design, typography, illustrations, use of colors, art direction, so on and so forth. Clear cut ideas about lines, shapes and textures are necessary and these should be dealt with individually and also as a part of the whole. Creative use of the ‘white space’ is important in order to create a page composition.

Bachelor of Arts or Technology are awarded to students, who pursue either graphic design or similar courses like communication design. The whole process of graphic designing can be divided into specific types like logo based design, type based design, text based design or type and text based design. These, as the names suggest, depend on the product or the idea that is being represented by the design.

Knowledge of certain software is also required for graphic designing. These include Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Quark Xpress, Adobe InDesign, etc. Most degree courses give special attention to lessons and practical classes on these software.

Certain online courses are also available for students looking to study graphic design. However, before enrolling into any such program make sure you know about the authenticity and credibility of the course being offered.

Career in Graphic Designing

A graphic designer can easily find a reasonably well paid job. Given the importance of visual arts and media in the consumer-commodity driven market, talented graphic designers are usually in high demand. The kind of jobs that are available for those who have studied graphic design include- art director, layout artist, illustrator, technical designer, web and multimedia designer, photo editor, logo designer, so on and so forth. Those having interest in professional photography may also find job opportunities as photographers for media houses if they have a degree in graphic designing.