RISD graphic design study abroad is the school that many undergraduate and graduate students want to apply for most. So what are the requirements of this research-oriented art school for graphic design? Today we will make a complete survey on the admission style of RISD Rhode Island School of Graphic Design.

　　RISD’s graduate program in Graphic Design prepares students for professional practice by emphasizing the roles of social context, media and aesthetics in the production of visible language systems.

The first sentence on the graduate page of graphic design on the official website of Rhode Island Academy of Arts gives us very accurate information:

Our project focuses on the research of language system, which emphasizes social content, multi media exploration, and visual aesthetic exploration. In other words, the graduate student of Rhode Island Graphic Design is a highly experimental major. He emphasizes that students must pay attention to social content, solve social problems (visual communication) with the eyes of designers, and encourage students to explore with different media, not limited to ordinary visual expression. Of course, graphic design has very high aesthetic requirements, so this requires students to have strong basic skills in format design, color perception and other aspects.

Then the second sentence on the official website fully proved Xiao Bian's understanding. He said, "the program resources a nimble and intelligent response to constant change and burgeoning technology," and they encouraged students to respond to the slow visual process of graphic design and rapid scientific and technological development in an agile and smart way. That is to say, the students they recruited are pioneers in the field of graphic design. They are not satisfied with the current graphic design language, and have the courage to use new technology to create new visual communication language. It sounds like a revolutionary declaration... Then they added: "while building a strong foundation of formal, aesthetic and analytical knowledge.". Well, this also makes it clear that Rhode Island is still highly academic. Under the professional aesthetic requirements, there must be theoretical reserves of academic knowledge, logical thinking, etc.

So when we saw the professional exhibition of graduate students in graphic design in Rhode Island last year, we were not surprised by this kind of works that we didn't know. People are discussing and solving social problems as pioneers of graphic design... Suddenly, he was tall...

In the graduate exhibition of Rhode Island Graphic Design, we can see the exploration of some materials and the exploration experiment of visual language.

2015 Rhode Island Graphic Design Graduate Graduation Exhibition, studying the character design developed from the character culture

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At this time, we may have questions. What can we learn from these strange projects, what can we get from them, and what kind of designers can we become? The teacher in Rhode Island explained:《 Rhode Island Book Art, graduate students apply for RISD Graphic Book Art 》

　　Graduates of the MFA programs are prepared to:

　　•interrogate the use of contemporary and historical tools, software and theory while contributing innovative and critical formal responses to the field of graphic design

　　•produce visual form as proof of concept and demonstration of theory

　　•contribute, evaluate and critique visual communication work at an advanced strategic level

　　•participate effectively in a professional graphic design studio environment

　　•initiate an individual or collaborative studio practice

　　•convey their expertise through teaching and/or mentoring

　　•curate exhibitions of their work and that of others

　　•conduct original research and convey it through appropriate modes of writing,publishing,curating and/or exhibiting

"In your study, you should be ready to question the tools, software and theories used in modern or historical graphic design. Show theoretical knowledge and design concepts in visual form. This proves that you will become a person with critical thinking, and effectively participate in the graphic design studio to complete personal or joint research projects. Have the ability to plan their own and others' exhibitions, as well as the ability to write, publish and curate exhibitions. "

Summarizing the requirements of the school and the students' works, the editor believes that Rhode Island is a graphic design major for art students studying abroad, which is biased towards academic research. It is not just visual communication, but teachers prefer in-depth and exploratory social issues. This requires students to have strong graphic design skills when preparing work collections, including font design, format design, theoretical knowledge of graphic design, color matching, etc., and then have strong research ability, including self research and development, and solving design problems with creative methods. Simply put, we should make deep and beautiful works.

Application difficulty: ★★★★★

Basic requirements: ★★★★

Academic requirements: ★★★★★

Software requirements: ★★

English requirements: ★★★★★

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