masters programs in graphic design in Europe
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- penelopes
PLEASE!! help!
if you could list the schools you think are awesome in Europe (google was no use)
it would be a HUGE HELP.
So far I am aiming for WT but need other ideas......
- GeorgesII0
How much money do you have?
honest question, because paying for the school is one thing,
deciding where to live and the cost of living there is another thing,
how much are you willing to spend?
- penelopes0
not a ton.....
- penelopes0
and I have a dog
- penelopes0
in the US i was accepted to Harvard's Graduate School of Design (i hated architecture and dropped out) and RISD for graphic design and yale but even with all of their grant $$ i couldn't swing it.. Ideally I would be in France...
PLEASE HELP!!!!!
- GeorgesII0
Italia here:
if you can get a loan, http://www.ied.edu/ seems to have a high rate of graduates... you can get a 3 years degree for €40K, which isn't bad, they have schools in italy/spain/brazil, where you'll find other expatshttp://www.naba.it/ is another good school too, where you'll learn tons of theory but less practical things
there's always the http://www.fabrica.it/ which you would not pay because they offer a schoolarship
- penelopes0
thank you all and please keep the info coming I AM SO GRATEFUL !!!!
- ESKEMA0
ECAL - Lausanne, Switzerland
http://www.ecal.ch/Werkplaats Typografie - Arnhem, Netherlands
http://www.werkplaatstypografie.…
- detritus0
EDUCATION IS FOR THE IGNORANT.
- hellojeehae0
I am also looking at grad schools to apply to.
RCA.
London college of communications.
Domus AcademyI am looking at programs for Service Design mostly.
- doesnotexist0
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design ?
- d_rek0
Oh the regrets of Higher Education...
Don't do it. The student-loan debt cycle is out of hand.
Instead, just work your ass off. Hone your craft in your free time. Initiate self-projects that give you opportunity to explore new ideas, techniques, and technologies. Take as long as you want. Fail as much as you need to. Read books and articles and socialize with experts in the industry in which you are passionate about. Join a *cough*professional*cough* organization. Do what you love to do because you love to do it not because of the hollow promises of being a more marketable employee or a higher salary.
- Depends on where you get your higher education. you are not learning buying the name2002
- That's what I did - bought the name. It came with a hefty price though.d_rek
- Hard to say if it was worth it yet.d_rek
- did you buy it from RCA / Yale / Parsons / RISD / Harvard?2002
- No. College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI. Undergraduate, BFA Graphic Design.d_rek
- never heard of it.....marychain
- what did you pay for that erm,,,,,,"name"marychain
- mind you...your shit is good, so it really doesn't matter anyway. Good designer...mediocre school....sucky designer...school with a name...who gets the jobmarychain
- with a reputation....who gets the job? The one with the best port surely.marychain
- One of the top 10 design schools in the world. Very well known regionally.d_rek
- The program was solid too and the instructors very well connected, so I bought more than just a name in many ways.d_rek
- just checked it out...impressivemarychain
- biusness0
^^
Agree with d_rek.
Unless you have an absolute gameplan, avoid higher education.
Despite the economy, there are many avenues into solid work in London if you're prepared to put the hours in.
The best colleges here (RCA, Central, Chelsea, and the more fine arty Glasgow) afford you great exposure with a final show, but £10,000 a year is a huge commitment vs. freelance and studio hopping unless you KNOW what to do with your school time (other than 'finding yourself').
- 20020
I would only go back to school so I can enter school only competitions.
- bjladams0
I hired someone recently, fresh out with a masters in graphic design - all i needed was some business card typeset for clients new employees. Nothing needed to change, but they spent hours analyzing the color scheme and how that related to the mood of the viewer... they were a bit put off when i told them that their mini-thesis was on their own time.
I'm sure it's not the case with all- but most of the people I know with design masters are fed so much theory that they find it hard to fit within a practical/production schedule.
If a masters degree was somehow woven in with an apprenticeship (not confused with an internship), I think they'd be a lot more valuable.
- Centigrade0
Don't ignore the fact that the people who you go to college with will probably be your first clients. In the short term Harvard may be pricey, in the long term it'll pay you back.
- ah, going to an art-only school might be less lucrative than a place with a business school attached....vaxorcist
- yes. Exactly.Centigrade