Summer Pre-College Advanced Studio Concepts - Graphic Design

Graphic designers work to create visual communication that motivates and inspires the viewer. Employed by a wide range of industries, they serve as a primary creative force to promote products, concepts and image. Class assignments explore the many hats worn by graphic designers today, and engage the students in real-life “concept to completion” product development through an identity and branding campaign. Instruction includes exploration of design principles that include hierarchy, compositional arrangement and typographic form and how they apply to the profession. Students complete assignments using traditional and digital applications. The digital applications allow students to explore page layout, illustration and image creation and manipulation. Software is used as a production tool only; course emphasis is placed on design process, concept and creativity. Advanced Studio Concepts gives the serious high school junior, senior or graduate the opportunity for a focused studio experience that reflects the dynamic environment of MIAD’s First Year Experience. You are challenged to ask deep questions about the nature of contemporary art and design, media, materials, influences and process. We want you to craft answers that they feel are important to their visual identity, and focus on new ways of seeing, thinking, creating, and communicating. Inquiry and research-based modes of teaching help you connect and contextualize the work you create. An important goal for Advanced Studio Concepts is the development of a portfolio that illustrates the talent and skill essential for entrance to colleges of art and design. Students must submit 10 slides of original work to be considered for this program. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (3 MIAD college credits) Advanced ability level.