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.

READ MORE ABOUT OUR FULL TIME COURSES HERE:

2 year Digital Design consisting of 1 Year Higher Certificate in Print Design & Publishing and 1 Year Higher Certificate in Web Publishing and Interactive Media.

And, for more information, contact us on 021 402 0303 or email us.