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which UK UNI is best for Graphics?
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You have me at a disadvantage, I dont recall teaching any CrackedButter
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I heard Kingston have a good rep and good teacher they graphics there with photography graphic illustration and communication and just graphic design. Im also looking at going there so yeah.
kingston uni
Me and my flat mate both go to kingston uni and take the graphic design degree course. we both love it and for us there was no other choice, kingstons rep within the industry is massive and we have one to one tutorials with graphic designers every so often. its well known that its a hard course to get into, when i applied there was 7/8 people for every place so the competition is high. I think they look for ideas based portfolios, not so much finished pieces but developments and a wide range variety.The tutors are wicked and they all work in the industry and are passionate about what they teach..sometimes a bit to passionate which is allways funny.
The campus for the art college is along the river side and every one sits outside and has a few drinks which are really cheap and the bar is right next to the first year graphic studio..which is allways handy hehe. The atmosphere is great and all the graphic kids know every one else on the course 1st 2nd and 3rd year. There is allways plenty of work to be done and we rarely have a day off ..but we wouldnt have it any other way seen as we are paying £3000 a year..Graphic students regulary win awards and large sums of cash and ive done things here that i would never of thought i could push my self to do...i have nothing bad to say about kingston its a top course and a top uni ..i just need to point out that a foundation in art is really important and in the interview you just got to be confident and know what your talking about. Dont put work in your portfolio that you cant positivly talk about.
hope thats helped
katie and jen
Me and my flat mate both go to kingston uni and take the graphic design degree course. we both love it and for us there was no other choice, kingstons rep within the industry is massive and we have one to one tutorials with graphic designers every so often. its well known that its a hard course to get into, when i applied there was 7/8 people for every place so the competition is high. I think they look for ideas based portfolios, not so much finished pieces but developments and a wide range variety.The tutors are wicked and they all work in the industry and are passionate about what they teach..sometimes a bit to passionate which is allways funny.
The campus for the art college is along the river side and every one sits outside and has a few drinks which are really cheap and the bar is right next to the first year graphic studio..which is allways handy hehe. The atmosphere is great and all the graphic kids know every one else on the course 1st 2nd and 3rd year. There is allways plenty of work to be done and we rarely have a day off ..but we wouldnt have it any other way seen as we are paying £3000 a year..Graphic students regulary win awards and large sums of cash and ive done things here that i would never of thought i could push my self to do...i have nothing bad to say about kingston its a top course and a top uni ..i just need to point out that a foundation in art is really important and in the interview you just got to be confident and know what your talking about. Dont put work in your portfolio that you cant positivly talk about.
hope thats helped
katie and jen
Preston (University of Central Lancs).
You usually get 1, 2 or 3 students winning D&AD awards every year from there.
http://www.thechase.co.uk/whoweare/ben_casey.htm
You usually get 1, 2 or 3 students winning D&AD awards every year from there.
http://www.thechase.co.uk/whoweare/ben_casey.htm
I'm second year at the London College of Communication (Used to be better known as the London College of Printing as someone else mentioned). It's the same group as St Martins (University of the Arts London).
St Martins is good if you want to do more out there conceptual stuff but the LCC straight Graphic Design course is seriously fantastic. It's not easy to get in to (or to stay in if you don't work) but the facilities are fantastic and ****, there are books about the work of both my current tutors and they all work professionally as well as writing for publications like Eye. After second year you can specialise in Typography, Advertising, Illustration or Information design so you can really go in the direction you want as far as you want which is great. IIRC we have the highest level of grads working in industry after 6 months of any graphic design course in the country.
St Martins is good if you want to do more out there conceptual stuff but the LCC straight Graphic Design course is seriously fantastic. It's not easy to get in to (or to stay in if you don't work) but the facilities are fantastic and ****, there are books about the work of both my current tutors and they all work professionally as well as writing for publications like Eye. After second year you can specialise in Typography, Advertising, Illustration or Information design so you can really go in the direction you want as far as you want which is great. IIRC we have the highest level of grads working in industry after 6 months of any graphic design course in the country.