Which uni is the best for Graphic Design? (2 Viewers)

[ben]

Originally posted by jenster
don't crush people's dreams ben. with all the new websites popping up if you become a graphic designer and get a job with a popular firm you'll do brilliantly. i used to be interested in doing a GA degree at UNSW which looked good and someone doing it said it was heaps of fun to do aswell. they had nights where everyone displayed their work and he actually began working for a company before graduating. i'd look into enmore TAFE aswell. it's supposed to be great but i hear very hard to get into. good luck and go for what you love!

Well, I have already apologised for been a bit negative - but i'm interested in this field too. I was just trying to tell the facts I knew;

What exactly do you mean by "with all the new websites popping up if you become a graphic designer and get a job with a popular firm you'll do brilliantly"

Can't say that is so true - web design is different from graphic design. Learning languages such as ASP, PHP, CGI etc. for web design is different from what mercurydrinker was interested in (drawing at stuff). And if you were interested in web design you definitely would not go to uni or anything - just grab a couple of thick books and learn ASP, Dreamweaver, Photoshop and possibly PHP, Flash, CGI, Jave etc. etc.

 

[jenster]

i'm not looking for conflict ben

 

[fatmuscle]

Be careful what you say if you're arguing ben about graphic design. You people have no idea what he knows!!!

 

[jenster]

true i don't...

 

[dansnation]

i too am very keen on doing graphic design after year 12, and i have been for at least 3 years.. ive found that ive learnt most of my techniques from experimenting, and this has built up to be a pretty exstensive knowlegdge of the tools, functions and filters of Photoshop, illustrator, quarkXpress, 3d studio max, and flash..

after skool i plan on going to either shillington college or martin college, OR going straight into tafe to do the 4 year 'Digital Media' course..
>>>> what do u guys think would benefit me the most?, keeping in mind that YES im certain that this is the career path i want to take.

 

[dansnation]

note. ^^ its my mark that will prevent me from going to uni to do the course.

 

[ben]

if your creative and really want to do it - GO FOR IT!

 

[pawpsy]

i plan to do Visual Communications (graphics designing prints, logos, advertisments, posters etc etc). Theres a course at UTS whihc is what i want, although i dont tihnk i will get into it as im not putting the yards in at school..luckily there is an alternative.. Visual communications at UWS. Have a look into it if you want to do it eh? also theres Bachelor of Design at UNSW - COFa

 

[vorahk]

nah, if you want to do graphic design, go to the graphic design tafe college in newtown i think it was. they have a fat reputation. heard its better than the unis when you come our and go job hunting.

i went there for a tour with my gd class, it was mind blowing.

 

[pawpsy]

nah, if you want to do graphic design, go to the graphic design tafe college in newtown i think it was. they have a fat reputation. heard its better than the unis when you come our and go job hunting.

i went there for a tour with my gd class, it was mind blowing.

oh you mean Enmore Tafe? yeah i heard that is good. Although it seems as thoguh alot of people have a grudge against TAFE, they see it as being a disadvantaged lower class place than uni :S

 

[juni]

well.. it seems alot of you see graphic design as a trade/craft/techincal job than an intellectual one. Well that's if you aspire to be a junior graphic designer/design assistant who probably works in a firm that only employed you to make simple posters or something and looks at you as nothing more than a Adobe suite technician.

But, better jobs in publishing, advertising etc will also invite graphic designers into developing marketing/advertising/promotional strategies as they are equipped with those skills to at universities, not just the technicial. You would be working directly with clients, consulting, giving advices and developing creative solutions that meet the client's needs.

Well, look at the success of the ipod, I personally believe its visuals and advertising strategies definately helped in the sucess of the product. (Also its physical design, but that's more Industrial Design)

Graphic design isn't just techinical, this is just the same as calling a piece of art nothing more than a decorative craft.

I would say the best university would be Visual communication at UTS, it has a great reputation(well the cut off is the highest there, and is DRAMATICALLY high, in some years cut offs being as high as Law. Visual communication/international studies @ UTS was 99 point something in 03, 04, 05) Vis comm also isn't just graphic design, which is great in terms of flexibility.

 

[hellomike]

Visual Communication in my view is still seen as a technical job in Australia and it's disheartening when you consider the culture in Europe and American embrace Graphic Design. It's really dissapointing when only UTS offer a specialised course in this field and UNSW and USYD don't. UNSW is viewed as the premier and most pretigious university in New South Wales and one of the best in Australia yet it fails to even offer this course. At Yale, they offer this specific design program, in the UK and across Europe. It's no wonder why so many desire to move or work in Europe.

The problem with this course is half of the students who intend to study this course thinks it revolves around the computer and using adobe applications all day. This is what is making the industry saturated. People say you can be a graphic designer without doing a degree. I agree to this but only in some cases and it isn't because the person know so much about Photoshop but because he/she has the enterpenurial skills to be out there and be known to propective clients. But then again, those people who have been succesful without a degree are those completed concentrated on the technical aspects.

Comparing this course to someting like LAW is just stupid. I don't care if it shares the same UAI. You can't compare two courses of two different nature that serves different purposes. UNSW and USYD are losing out - they think their science and medical students serve them well but if only they realise how much design is integral everywhere you go, touch and see.

Studying Visual Communication at university such as UTS means you can appreciating the long history and culture of Graphic Design. If you can't appreciate past designers or what has been laid out similarly such as Chemestry with the foundation of the Periodic Table than you can't appreciate this course enough to be serious about it.