![]() I felt the lectures added little to my understanding of the subject or anything in general, just lots of images and names quickly rushed through, without going into a lot of detail into the topics, why they were important or their connection to each other or the subject. If you want to study graphic design to learn how to use the adobe suite to create functional projects like advertisements, logos, or anything along those lines I would not recommend studying graphic design at unimelb. This subject feels quite stuck in the past. The best part of the subject was the feedback I got from my tutors, but I definitely wish the lectures spent more time focussing on how to produce work and on more contemporary examples of graphic design. Thankfully I have experience with the adobe suite so I didn’t have much trouble creating my projects, however I can see that other students would struggle if you didn’t have this experience because you don’t receive guidance for digital methods. However I did receive some great feedback from my tutors during studio which was very helpful, just wish the studios were a bit more efficient. The rest of the studio is usually spent listening to other students get feedback, which is interesting but gets a bit tedious in an online class. This was my biggest problem with the subject, the studios are 3 hours long and a good chunk of that time is watching the lecture with the class, the tutors will just share their screens and play the lecture even though we’ve been asked to watch the videos beforehand. We only got instruction for learning hand drawn techniques, which felt a bit strange considering graphic design is generally a digitally based practice. The subject is VERY concept based and has a lot of focus on art/design history, we spent a lot of time talking about the concepts and history behind type, mark making and album covers but we received very little instruction on how to actually create our projects, if you want to learn how to use the adobe suite or any kind of digital methods of creating your projects, you’re on your own. The lectures are also recordings from 2017 which was quite disappointing. The lectures are a bit strange as they are just the lecturer flipping through a powerpoint with different artists they like in it and discussing the works briefly. We spent the first few weeks focussing on creating a typeface and practicing mark making, then the rest of the time making an album cover. Even though you have to go to class for attendance, they were often a waste of time (watch a 60 min lecture, do a class quiz, then break out to do your own work, which could be done at home). These lectors and quizzes, while relevant to the content, weren't relevant to the assignments and were very boring. The classes are once a week and go for 3 hours which is too long - the tutors filled the time by watching the lectures during class (which was supposed to be done before class) and doing random quizzes. Tutors are very nice and clearly enjoy the content. ![]() Adobe is used a bit in this subject and they don't teach you how to use it so you have to figure it out yourself. I was constantly asking how to get good marks and all that they could say were things like "how good your composition is" because the subject is so subjective (so I found it hard to get above 80%). While the subject was fun and gave you lots of room to do your own thing, it was VERY vague. You get loads of time to complete the assignments as you work in class on them as well over 5 or so weeks, but DON'T leave until the last minute because you won't get it done well. There were 4 assignments, 1 portfolio and no exam. The subject is a lot less structured and more "artsy" than I thought, though. We work with clients of all sizes and in a huge range of industries.I did this subject as an elective and enjoyed it. We find businesses on a regular graphic design package are more confident to submit even the smallest job (such as designing a few social media tiles) as we ensure that we have space allocated in our schedules for the sole use of package clients. Consistency across all your marketing material also ensures that your business always looks its best, from your social media profile pic, email signatures, signs, vehicle graphics - right through to large documents such as annual reports, manuals and process documents. Clients receive priority scheduling, which significantly reduce turnaround times. The benefits of a graphic design package include the same invoice amount each month, regardless of how much time is used. Businesses needing ongoing regular graphic design services each month find that our graphic design packages are a great way to keep your branding and marketing collateral consistent and to a very high standard throughout your organisation. ![]()
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