What is Digital Design?
Digital design is an evolving and exciting multi-disciplinary field that underlies many of today’s fast-growing industries: from advertising to entertainment to web-based communication. Digital design can be seen everywhere in the pixel landscapes around you – in movies and on television, in video games, in magazine ads, in expos and trade show and even museum exhibits, and of course, online. It involves everything from the virtual sets created for a game to the special effects in movies to the design of online advertising campaigns.
What is a Digital Designer?
A Digital Designer is many things:
- • A creative thinker with a broad knowledge base and skill set.
- • An artist exploring aesthetic solutions through form, colour, motion and time.
- • A person comfortable working collaboratively and individually in a technologically rich environment.
- • An entrepreneur observing market trends, exploiting innovation and creating intellectual property.
Do I have what it takes to be a Digital Designer?
If you can answer a resounding “Yes!” to many or all of the points below, then you are possibly making the best decision of your life:
- • Your passion is design, creativity and the art of design.
- • Shapes, forms, and colours are music to your eyes.
- • You are imaginative and creative.
- • You can paint, draw, visualize, and conceptualize.
- • Ideas come to you easily and you can communicate your ideas through images and layouts.
- • You want to work in advertising, print, web design, multimedia production design or graphic design.
- • You want to be the best you can be, nothing less will do.
- • You’re a self-motivated and creative spirit.
- • You have the will and discipline to succeed.
- • You take pride in your work and you are meticulous.
- • You have an open mind and can work with other creative people.
- • You can give 100% to realize the vision of a client, which often means working and reworking a design.
- • You produce your finest work under pressure, and you don’t mind crazy hours.
What can I do with the studies?
Depending on your individual flair and talent, and dedicated hard work, you could end up in a variety of exciting fields including:
- Conceptual Game Design
- Web site Design
- Graphic Design
- Digital Video Pre or Post-Production
- 2D Animation and Motion Design
- Digital Special Effects
- Virtual Exhibit Design
- Exhibit Design
- Communication Design
- Advertising
- Medical Imaging
- Corporate Presentations & Roadshows
- Educational Software Design
- Educational Installations
- Interactive Art Installations
So, why study with us?
- We have industry experienced, Adobe Certified Training staff
- We have International lecturers and students.
- We integrate interesting live projects into your curriculum.
- We offer you the experience of working with our visiting European students, tutors and interns.
- We focus on your developing a comprehensive portfolio of work.
- We teach you work skills and the confidence to sell your ideas.
- We work with state of the art equipment and facilities.
Read more about our Full time courses here:
2 year Digital Design
1 Year Web Design & Interactive Media
And, for more information, contact us on 021 461 0971 or email us
Enrolment & Infos
ENROLMENTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING ACCEPTED FOR 2010.
As seats are limited, please ensure that your applications for 2010 reach us timeously.
2 year Full time Digital Design
Download the Enrolment form for 2010 here.
Download the Course description & outlines for 2010 1 Year Digital Print here.
Download the Course description & outlines for 2010 1 Year Web Motion Graphics here.
View the Full time Course Information Brochure here.
1 year Full time Web Design & Interactive Media
Download the Enrolment form for 2010 here.
View the Full time Course Information Brochure here.
1 year Full time Print Publishing & Design
Download the Enrolment form for 2010 here.
Semester dates for 2010/2011
2010
Semester 1: 2nd Feb – 10th Jun
Semester 2: 12th Jul – 26th Nov
2011
Semester 1: 1st Feb – 24th Jun
Semester 2: 25th Jul – 25th Nov
Times
Daily (Mon – Fri) 8:30am – 12:30pm
For more information, contact us on 021 461 0971 or email us
Daily Student Life
Every day life at Friends of Design is fun – really. Aside from the fact that you are in lovely Cape Town, mixing with like-minded and creative people who hail from near and far – you are also are challenged daily to develop your innate inventiveness and creativity by trainers who are indusry pro’s. Add to that – access to the regular speakers and live projects, plus top of the range technology, and you got a fun, intense and rewarding experience ahead of you.
No day is ever the same and it’s up to you to make it happen!
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See our Behind the Scenes galleries, for more snippets of what to expect.
