Graphic design as a discipline in aims at changing and arranging forms to create an order and harmony between images and text. It seeks transform situations from their chaotic disorderliness to a new and exciting state of beauty, elegance and order; a combination that would not have been noticed is formed into pleasant and exciting forms. Text and images are placed together through careful design processes to spread ideas and feelings. Visual Communication and Graphic design can be seen as the art or as the way of communicating with the audience through the arrangement of texts, images and other materials.

The Graphic design program at Ravensbourne is tailored to meet the needs of the graphic design industry, and all the programs are reviewed annually. Students are trained to become problem solvers in a client oriented way. The students balance between creativity and flexibility as tools to be used to solve the client’s needs. The teaching at Ravensbourne is very hands on, with a lot of live projects. The school has a lot of resources which are used to teach on the graphic design program. The college provides an excellent opportunity for the graphic design students to have good understanding and knowledge of industry. Students are taught skills needed to operate satisfactorily and comfortably in the editorial, typographical, informational and other important aspects of visual communication.

Ravensbourne uses only professionals in the field of graphic design as lectures. Ravensbournes good reputation attracts professionals locally and from all over the world something that brings a good international and diverse faculty. Most of the professors own their own design companies or has been working in big companies for many years. Ravensbourne also invites renowned experts in different specializations within graphic design to give seminar on key issues of the industry. This also gives the students an opportunity to get first-hand experience of graphic design industry.

A bachelor in graphic design from Ravensbourne gives you an excellent start for your working life. The school building sets an inspiring learning environment, in which you definitely will feel at home. A bachelor or a master degree at Ravensbourne is an investment for your future and might open up the opportunities you have dreamt of.

Espen is the Managing Director of Uniabroad, and has made a portal for higher creative studies for Norwegian Students, which describes different design disciplines; as for instants Graphic design. Espen has worked with Ravensbournesince 2004.