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Graphic Design
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Graphic Design

Budapest Metropolitan University
BudapestHungary
On campus
Full-time
€5,600.00/year
 1176 Points
Duration
3 Years
Language
English
Apply date
Sep 2024

Program Description

In the age of desktop publishing (DTP), graphic design became the most innovative branch of design, with a strong presence of its intellectual products in everyday life, both in the online and offline media. In these fields, we will introduce you to the secrets of the various surfaces and media of graphic design, from illustration to book, identity and poster design, branding, logos, pictograms and packaging design.

In our Graphic Design workshop, you can create illustrations using lithography, screen printing, linocut and woodcut techniques. Our computer studios have the latest DTP software at your disposal. You can try out our digital printing machines and Rizography, use our laser cutter, 3D printer and bookbinding workshop to make your computer designs a reality.

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Specializations

Graphic Design

Choose this specialization to acquire hands-on knowledge on the greatest scale both on the traditional platforms of graphic design and in the area of the new media. You will be able to find your own voice on every graphic design platform through life - like tasks, which you will be able to exploit on in your design and creative work.

We will prepare you to be able to communicate visually in the language of graphic design in your career. In this specialization you can learn typography, logo, pictogram design, branding, packaging design, illustration design, book design, poster design, bookbinding, web design, infographics, infodesign, reproduction graphics, linocut, woodcut, engraving, lithography, screen printing and risography.

Packaging Design

Choose this specialization if you feel it is important to dress the brands lined up on store shelves with practical and functional design objects, creative product images, unique and special packaging.

Our specialization emphasizes the knowledge of innovative technologies, biomaterials, the possibility of recycling and re-use in the field of packaging culture, which is one of the most complex and most demanding areas of visual communication.

This specialization includes packaging culture, paper and packaging industry skills, printing technology, visual concept development, campaign, logo, emblem, pictogram, brand image identity, branding, infographics, illustration techniques, typography, mock-ups, model making, 3D visual design, 3D graphics with spatial illustration, pop-up book design, board game design and creation, bookbinding techniques.

Curriculum

Year 1

The first year is about developing manual and computer skills, learning traditional procedures as well as the latest in graphic technology. You will also design illustrations, covers, artistic posters, logos, pictograms and image identity.

Year 2

The second year will be about book and magazine design, typography tools, joint use of fonts and images. We will also focus on packaging design, branding, corporate identity and sustainability, biodesign and eco-consciousness in graphic design.

Year 3

In the third year you will focus on complex and integrated projects, interactive graphics appearing on the latest platforms of the digital age, responsive web design, mobile applications, UI and UX design, myBRAND portfolio and diploma work implementation.

Careers

  • Freelance artist as graphic designer, packaging designer, illustrator
  • Art director, graphic designer in graphic studios, creative agencies
  • Illustrator, image editor or DTP editor in online and print media
  • Web designer, UI, UX designer
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