Communication Design, Graphic Design & Illustration
Full time courses:
- Foundation Degree in Graphic Design
- Foundation Degree in Illustration
- Foundation Degree in Animation with Motion Graphics
- BA (Hons) Communication Design
About the Department
Communication Design
develops creative thinking. This exciting, ideas based Degree course gives students the opportunity to study design for advertising, animation, interactive + web design, new media and motion graphics, typography and graphic solutions. Students from the BA course have recently won international awards and graduating students exhibit at New Designers where, twice recently, students have been nominated and short listed for New Designer of the Year Award. Excellent facilities include spacious studios, dedicated computer rooms and access to workshops, printmaking, animation and photographic specialist areas. All teaching staff are practising designers and a range of visiting designers also contribute to the programme.
Graphic Design:
This course is about the communication of ideas through the use of type and image. Magazines, publicity material, posters, stationery, advertising, packaging, CD covers and TV/film titles are all created by graphic designers. There are graphic design studios in every town, requiring creative staff. The prospects for a successful career are excellent.
Illustration: This course is about the creation of images using various techniques including drawing, painting, collage, 3D and computer programmes. Illustrations are required to accompany and enhance text in magazines, advertising, packaging, publishing - including children's books - and animation. Illustrators set up their own practices and generally work through an agent.
All Graphics and Illustration courses are run by practising professional designers and illustrators using industrial standard assignments to give students a realistic experience. Students will build a portfolio to enable them to obtain employment.
The highly successful virtual band, Gorillaz (right), was designed and created by Northbrook graduate, Jamie Hewlett, who also won the £25,000 Designer of the Year award from the Design Museum