Graphic Design
Explore every stage of the graphic design process, from the basic tools to the processes involved in post-production, and more
Barcelona
On campus
ESP
Summer Course - Introductory Level
Language
Spanish
Start date
July 2025
Frequency
Part-time
Fruition
On campus
Duration
3 Weeks
Price
A learning experience that emulates the work done in a professional studio in the form of a variety of projects based on company briefs.
In this full immersion Graphic Design Summer Course you’ll learn to use the best tools to create your own projects and get a grounding in the basic concepts of the graphic design world.
Use essential software to develop graphic proposals, adopt presentation techniques and use scale models;l draw up estimates, and learn the ins and outs of the pre-press, production and post-production processes.
Information to decide
A first-hand Graphic Design learning experience that faithfully recreates a professional design studio environment.
The course is based chiefly on emulating the work done in a professional design studio in the form of a variety of projects for companies based on real and near-real briefs. These exercises cover every stage of the work process as you develop your creative skills, with all the resources you need to make your mark in the sector.
As well as theoretical and practical subjects, the syllabus includes content that actively encourages your creative drive and helps you to think like a designer.
If you want to know which tools to use to create graphic design projects and get a solid grounding in the basic concepts of graphic design, this is the course for you.
Designers working in other fields, Fine Arts and Audiovisual Communication graduates and students, photographers, editors, publicists, proof-readers, journalists, printers, typographers and calligraphers who want more in-depth knowledge of graphic design will find the course both interesting and useful.
It’s a practice-based course that’ll put you in touch with the reality of the market as you develop projects for companies based on real and near-real briefs. You’ll be studying with a teaching team of professionals working in the sector, eager to pass on everything they know in a creative learning experience.
And you’ll be doing so at one of the best design schools in a city that sets the standard in terms of design.
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Syllabus
MODULE 1: TYPOGRAPHY AND COMPOSITION
Image theory and concept
The history of graphic design and the use of best practices in typography
Creativity and conceptualisation in graphic design
MODULE 2: SOFTWARE
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
MODULE 3: GRAPHIC PRODUCTION
Final production checks and finishing in graphic arts
PDF and post-production
MODULE 4: SPECIAL WORKSHOPS
Corporate Identity
Editorial Graphics
Creative Illustration
Inside the labs
+2
Media Lab
+3
Hybrid Lab
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