Diploma of Graphic Design

Programme Goal

Graphic designers create and work with visual images that are able to capture our attention.They work in and with many media, including the Internet, billboards, signs and print.Graphic Design students gain the skills, knowledge and attributes needed to develop and communicate creative graphic design solutions in all media.

Graduates

Students will have the knowledge and skills required to identify, design, and subsequently develop their ideas, through a range of images, prototypes or products for a broad range of markets and functions.

Work Placement

All students complete a work placement in a design studio as well as working with clients and projects in the ADVETI Design Department’s studio. Guest speakers and external visits may be arranged to increase the students’ knowledge of the business world.

Key Areas of Study

• Advanced computer graphic skills
• Graphic design studio practices
• Colour for graphic design
• Typographic design
• Digital photo-imaging and retouching
• Packaging Design
• Employment
• Graduates will be eligible to enter the industry as graphic designers. Employers include publishing houses, large corporations, government departments, video and TV companies, printers, advertising agencies and digital design houses.