Graphic Design

[savoir_faire]

silvi: graphic design doesn't need to be solely on the computer as a career, but the educational part will certainly give you an overwhelming amount of familiarity................

there is definitely a place for hand illustration, photography, video work, letterpress, etc, etc in graphic design

at my school, the emphasis is more on developing conceptual + communication skills ... and less about the software. that's great for your brain, but it also means that you have to put the time in to teach yourself the programs (via internet tutorials, whatever). it's a 4 year, bachelor of graphic design (professional degree), with an emphasis on large blocks of studio time...

other schools are more trade-based and tend to focus more on the software .. a lot of those programs are 2 years, so you'll be done alot faster! i think most of those schools now would be more focused on new media design.

 

[silvi]

silvi: graphic design doesn't need to be solely on the computer as a career, but the educational part will certainly give you an overwhelming amount of familiarity................

there is definitely a place for hand illustration, photography, video work, letterpress, etc, etc in graphic design

at my school, the emphasis is more on developing conceptual + communication skills ... and less about the software. that's great for your brain, but it also means that you have to put the time in to teach yourself the programs (via internet tutorials, whatever). it's a 4 year, bachelor of graphic design (professional degree), with an emphasis on large blocks of studio time...

other schools are more trade-based and tend to focus more on the software .. a lot of those programs are 2 years, so you'll be done alot faster! i think most of those schools now would be more focused on new media design.

Thanx savoir_fair for the information I don't know yet what to do after High school...It's an difficult chose! I want to do something in fashion..that's for sure...but I can't find a school in Antwerpen where I can study someting in fashion. There's mode academie but's that's for fashion-designer....and that's not what I want to do.... Or should I do something like marketing? Is that a good diploma if you wanna sollicitate later in the fashion-industrie?....

 

[Manzaline]

By RW on artazart.com

By Pao & Paws

artazart.com

 

[Estella*]

Thanx savoir_fair for the information I don't know yet what to do after High school...It's an difficult chose! I want to do something in fashion..that's for sure...but I can't find a school in Antwerpen where I can study someting in fashion. There's mode academie but's that's for fashion-designer....and that's not what I want to do.... Or should I do something like marketing? Is that a good diploma if you wanna sollicitate later in the fashion-industrie?....

we have a careers and education forum with threads on several schools, maybe you'll find some information there


manzaline, i love the images you posted. why don't you make threads on single graphic designers, we have a whole forum devoted to the subject here...

 

[chiqmeow]

love love ryan McGinness!!
i love the symmetry in most of his works.

 

[vanesa]

wutta a great place for posting!!! keep up the effort!!

 

[silvi]

Hi guys,
I just want to let you all know, that I have made my choice.
I'm doing commercial communication. (that comprise communication, and advertisement).
I like to start learning Graphic design on my computer.
What is the best software to begin with?

 

[kissmesweet]

I'm taking Graphic Design as the Technology for my IB Middle Years Programme... I'm really looking forward to be doing this sort of thing in the near future.

 

[butbeautiful]

Norito Shinmura for Shinmura Design Office

http://anti-corporation.blogspot.com/2007/10/norito-shinmura-for-shinmura-design.html

 

[butbeautiful]

Ikko Tanaka



http://anti-corporation.blogspot.com/2007/10/ikko-tanaka.html

 

[butbeautiful]

Tamotsu Fujii and Ken Hara for MUJI


http://anti-corporation.blogspot.com/2007/09/tamotsu-fujii-for-muji.html

 

[butbeautiful]

CAP 3 HATS

http://anti-corporation.blogspot.com/2007/09/cap.html

 

[butbeautiful]

ttp://anti-corporation.blogspot.com/2007/03/andrzej-pagowski.html
http://anti-corporation.blogspot.com/2007/04/andrzej-pagowski.html

Andrzej Pagowski

 

[ElectricAlyce]

Since the typography-thread is picking up, I thought I'd ressurect this thread. I'm a graphic design-student myself and love the places where fashion and graphic design merge ^^

 

[dalgyal]

thanks for all the inspiration everyone!

 

[Hana_N]

Hi guys,
I just want to let you all know, that I have made my choice.
I'm doing commercial communication. (that comprise communication, and advertisement).
I like to start learning Graphic design on my computer.
What is the best software to begin with?

A bit of a late answer maybe, but the generally the unbelievably overpriced Adobe softwares are good, photoshop, indesign, illustrator.

I also quite like Corel painter, but this is strictly for illustrating though.

 

[Deslin]

Manzaline, I love those pieces

 

[cupkate]

Silvi -
The Adobe Creative Suite is pretty much the industry standard these days, although you may want to learn Quark as some places still use it.

Good luck! It's a wonderful industry and everyday I'm inspired and surprised by what is going on out there.

 

[ElectricAlyce]

Silvi -
The Adobe Creative Suite is pretty much the industry standard these days, although you may want to learn Quark as some places still use it.

Good luck! It's a wonderful industry and everyday I'm inspired and surprised by what is going on out there.

I checked out the new version of Quark, and I love the interface but as things are now, the CS apps are so streamlined to work with each other it's really more pain than gain. And now with CS4 out it's really the way to go for professional software.

 

[Susanna-Cole]

Resurrecting this thread from the dead.

Has anyone seen any of Delphine Diallo's work before? She's a photographer, graphic designer, art director, animator, and painter. These are from her series called Magic Photo Studio, and include photographs (from Senegal) and designs she created in exploration of her cultural identity. I really like the layering, and mix of mediums, in her work.

Sorry about the range of sizes with these...Delphine unfortunately doesn't have a website, so I collected these from various places, and while some were small, these next ones are big enough that I chose to attach them as thumbnails to avoid slow page loading for anyone with an older computer...



Sources: modishblog.com & formatmag.com & dailystyleguide.com