Graphic Design for 14 - 17 Year Olds, Short Course Programme

This course will provide you with a grounding in graphic design and is ideal if you wish to dip your toes in creative waters. The main purpose is to help you build a portfolio for application to a degree course through the exploration and experimentation of graphic design ideas.

You might be one of those people who has sometimes wondered what the term ‘thinking outside the box’ means, or you might be interested in developing your creativity without boundaries. Either way, this course will leave you wanting more and will have your creative juices flowing. Practical tasks will be set each day, culminating in exciting visuals suitable for a portfolio. The tasks set will challenge preconceptions about the things around you and will help you develop, explore and experiment with unusual starting points. You will be introduced to the language associated with graphic design, as well as formal elements such as colour, layout, composition and typography. Practical workshops will help you to understand the importance of ‘the audience’ and how design decisions are influenced by this knowledge. The choices we make with regards to typography will also be explored as a key factor in shaping the tone of a message.

By the end of the course you will have the beginnings of a portfolio of work, one that has been produced in an informal, creative, yet challenging environment.

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