BA Graphic Design
The BA Graphic Design degree is a 360-credit point qualification at NQF level 7 and consists of three years of full time study. The purpose of the programme is to develop students into competent and employable designers that specialise in print-based communication. The programme emphasises the ability to form, create and rationalise both design and theoretical argument; as well as the ability to implement and critique print-based design processes. The programme further provides a theoretical and practical foundation in print-based communication for further study.
Graduates at GDC have a repertoire of high level skills and can:
- Conceptualise and produce creative design solutions with a personal design philosophy
- Communicate meaningful design messages in a signature style
- Create and present a professional print-based design portfolio that stands apart from the rest
- Operate graphic design related computer hardware and software at industry level
- Articulate and represent ideas and arguments professionally and with confidence
Programme Outline
28 Feb 2017
Creative Career Conversations
04 Jul 2017 - 05 Jul 2017
09:00 - 16:00
118 Greenway, Greenside, Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Experience two days of innovative design thinking – blow your mind!
Day One Look to get the creative juices rushing as you experience design experts conversing about specialist design careers…….THEN!
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Editorial design in a crisis
23 Feb 2017
118 Greenway, Greenside, Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
2017 is already shaping up to be a seismic year in world politics. Publishing has already endured its own crisis, with the all-conquering e-book turning the industry on its head. Cometh the hour, cometh the independent publishing house to the rescue, with multiple innovations. But what is their role – and ours as readers – in these turbulent times? Surely we need to do much more than just pape [...]
23 Jan 2017 admin
A design for success?
16 Feb 2017
118 Greenway, Greenside, Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Studies show that design-led companies can outperform their rivals by up to 228%. This has led to some of the best creative minds in business applying themselves to considering just what a design-led business should look like, how it should work – and, crucially, how it should interact with its customers. Design has come in from the cold and is becoming an integrated function.
