SmartStart Courses

What is SmartStart? We at Friends of Design firmly believe that well-trained and nurtured employees bring innovation, flexibility and dedication necessary to build truly dynamic businesses. It is accepted across all industries that the best way to encourage and support individuals in a creative team is through professional development and training opportunities, amongst other things. [...]

SmartStart Courses

Adobe InDesign Essential Skills

Duration: 4 weeks
Next Course: 20 Feb 2012 – 14 Mar 2012
Then: 28 May 2012 – 20 June 2012
Times: Mon – Wed, 5:30pm to 8:30

Adobe InDesign Essential Skills

Adobe Illustrator Essential Skills

Duration: 4 weeks, 3 evenings per week
Times: Mon – Wed, 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Next course – 19 March 2012 – 11 April 2012
Then: 25 June 2012 – 18 July 2012

Adobe Illustrator Essential Skills

2 year Digital Design course 2012

Enrol on our exciting 2 Year Full Time Digital Design course, commencing in February 2010. You will learn the professional, technical skills and techniques needed for successful careers in digital arts. You’ll be given a strong foundation in the principles of creative and graphic design.

2 year Digital Design course 2012

Duration: 4 weeks
Next Course: 20 Feb 2012 – 14 Mar 2012
Then: 28 May 2012 – 20 June 2012
Times: Mon – Wed, 5:30pm to 8:30

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Duration: 4 weeks, 3 evenings per week
Times: Mon – Wed, 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Next course – 19 March 2012 – 11 April 2012
Then: 25 June 2012 – 18 July 2012

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Duration: 4 weeks, 12 evenings
Times: Mon to Wed, 5:30pm to 8:30pm
NEXT COURSE: 23 January – 15 February 2012

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Duration: 5 weeks
Times: Mon – Wed, 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Next Flash course: 16 January – 15 February 2012

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Graduation at Friends of Design is generally the most stressful event of the year. There is so much to be organised, and from printing certificates, to buying drinks and finding fabulous presenters, we always strive to give our graduates as good a time as possible. This is the reason why we chose to hold it [...]

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Interested in Game Design? Have a passion for wanting to create and foster fun interactive experiences, be it for entertainment, education or advertising? Friends of Design wants YOU to get involved. Join us in building a strong, local game design community through your input. Give us your input, endorse us or even give us your [...]

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How often has a small groan escaped your lips when presented with yet another creative brief with a web component? It’s daunting when faced with the apparent cross media skills required to meet such briefs and, whilst there is always the option of outsourcing the web aspects of a project to the nearest “propellor-head”, the [...]

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City of Cape Town wins World Design Capital 2014 Who of us haven’t been glued to the news and social network, waiting for the outcome of Cape Town’s bid for World Design Capital 2014? Every day has brought us one step closer to the prize, and with baited breath we hoped and crossed our thumbs [...]

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In the perfect office environment, there would be no need for cumbersome and extensive paperwork or lengthy to and fro exchanges of information. In the perfect office environment, you would be able to share, comment and collaborate on a project with your colleagues easily and without fuss. Sound impossible? Well, think again. Most people are [...]

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Some of you may have attended the Workshop that Friends of Design held in March this year, in which Adobe’s® new Digital Publishing Suite was presented as the latest in cutting edge technology. Using Adobe® Indesign together with Adobe’s® Digital Publishing Suite to publish electronic media to mobile devices such as the iPad and Blackberry [...]

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