Graphic Design (Hons) University of the Arts London (UAL)

Overview

We are a community of designers, educators and students who are interested in exploring what it means to be a contemporary graphic designer. We believe that graphic design has a role in the broader fields and landscape of contemporary life, both locally and globally. Our aim at the Graphic Design (Hons) program at the University of the Arts London (UAL) is to empower you to be a proactive practitioner with the ability to make change.

What to expect

• Projects ranging from the commercial to the more experimental
• To engage with the principles of social, political, and design industry debates
• To develop a deep understanding of core graphic design skills through workshops in typography, type design, layout and photography
• To develop a personal practice which works with content and audiences which are important to you
• To put social engagement at the heart of your work and face socially responsible creative challenges
• To work on producing, promoting and delivering public events as a way of showing work at the end of projects
• A series of key ideas lectures. These will introduce important questions and theories that underpin contemporary art and design
• Course tutors from a range of different disciplines, including artists, designers and filmmakers.
• To work with design and advertising agencies with established links to Camberwell.
• To have access to Camberwell's shared workshops that include printmaking, photography, film, moving image, digital, plastic, ceramics, wood and metalwork.