What is Digital Design?

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Digital design is an evolving and exciting multi-disciplinary field that underlies many of today’s fast-growing industries: from advertising to entertainment to print 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, the internet. 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.

What do you need to be a Digital Designer?

If you can answer a resounding “Yes!” to many or all of the points below, then you are right for this field – and you are possibly making the best decision of your life to study here:

• 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 you do with these studies?

Friends of Design offers a 2 year full time course in digital design that will prepare you to work in the industry. The study programme consist of two 1 year courses consisting of many exciting modules that equip you with the knowledge and technical skills to be a success in your chosen genre of digital design, be it Print design & Publishing, Web Publishing and Interactive Media.

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 and Apple Certified Training staff.
We have International lecturers and students.
We integrate interesting live projects into your curriculum.
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.
We offer you the experience of working with our visiting European students, tutors and interns.