Today, Yulian, the sharer of our case, has many years of overseas professional learning experience, but is trapped in thinking about the way of landing works. Through the training method of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude by the natural light teaching team, she gradually masters the deep integration of ideas and skills, focuses on marginal social topics, and integrates them with rich creative techniques, With the help of the best partner natural light professional teacher, we completed the most meaningful collection project, and finally won the offer from three top schools, including CSM Graphic Design, LCC, Kingston!
Project of applying for CSM graphic design student portfolio:
01. The creation of unconstrained thinking still needs to be implemented
Yulian's goal is very firm. The dream school is Saint Martin.
She graduated from UNSW Australia University of New South Wales Undergraduate, the original major was graphic design, which was biased towards the multimedia field, and the basic ability was very solid. Therefore, it is very suitable for overseas art teaching methods. After coming to the natural light, there is almost no break in period, so it started the course of the portfolio project without stopping.
Yulian, a student in the process of creation, is an artist with an unconstrained style. She always has many good ideas and is very happy to share her ideas and creativity with professional teachers. The opening stage of the project went very smoothly.
However, in the process of gradually promoting the project, the teacher still found some problems. Although Yulian's works were novel in concept and could carry out research and experiments according to the theme, it was difficult to produce works because of the lack of "hand skills".
Yulian's CSM Graphic Design Portfolio Project
For example, in the typesetting course, the professional teacher asked Yulian to design five different styles of posters with the same theme, but it was difficult for students to jump out of the framework to directly reflect their personal ideas. recommend: Graphic design works collection style "wild road" students, SVA, MICA, CCA and other famous schools compete first
According to this question, the way that the teacher came up with was to "see more, practice more and try more". First of all, the teacher added some typography basics to the students, and then prepared a large number of excellent cases and analysis of designer works to lead students to find inspiration for typography.
In the continuous high-energy learning plan, Yulian also slowly found the knack, and the production ability of finished products has also been greatly improved.
02. Although the offer of Saint Martin is late
Before getting the offer from St. Martin, Yulian had received the recognition from LCC and Kingston, but she was still waiting for the feedback from Dream School.
The interview invitation came first than the offer. It was in March, when the epidemic was the most serious in China. The online interview was held with the admissions officer. In the face of the last pass of the Dream School assessment, Yulian also performed very well.
Yulian's CSM Graphic Design Portfolio Project
The admissions officer's question mainly revolves around the students' personal experience and the content of the work collection, and then extends to the future plans. The whole interview process was very smooth, and Yulian also got an oral offer from the admissions officer on the spot.
Yulian once again expressed her love and yearning for CSM. When the admissions officer asked why, she and her teacher had also conducted detailed research and drills on this issue before.
Although the graphic design of Saint Martin is not as eye-catching as that of clothing and products, it has the same unique teaching style and eye-catching teaching strength. This major is called Graphic Communication Design, which is committed to breaking the rules and exploring new directions in the traditional field of graphic art with a critical and creative way of expression.
Based on studio projects and research-based theoretical courses, this course plan requires students to master the combination of contemporary culture and media to change the traditional practice, tools and graphic design environment. Students will also learn some new majors in the course, such as book design, illustration design and VR technology.
CSM Graphic Design Professional Studio
Saint Martin positions future graphic designers as participants in various backgrounds, networks and practices. In order to achieve this learning goal, we are committed to creating a highly international and interdisciplinary learning environment, and encourage students to attach importance to various forms of art fields.
CSM Graphic Design Professional Application Requirements
03. How to balance individuals and groups in the theme of socialization
Yulian's works are mostly about social topics. One of the projects is about 404 city, which she noticed when browsing the public account.
The full name of 404 City is the 404 Plant of China National Nuclear Industry Corporation. It is located in a small city in Gansu Province. At the call of the state, top talents from all over the country come here. In order to complete the task of nuclear industry construction in a special period, everything seems to be very low-key.
In order to protect the safety of millions of compatriots, the heroes of that era made great contributions to China. They sacrificed their personal safety and the time of reuniting with their families. Years of hard work made China's nuclear weapons come into being from scratch, and made irreplaceable contributions to the national defense cause of our country.
Yulian's CSM Graphic Design Portfolio Project
In terms of the topic and the meaning behind it, Yulian thought that the topic was in-depth and meaningful after communicating with the teacher, and then carried out a series of research.
During the investigation, it was found that people in this city also faced great health risks and disputes at that time, but they chose to sacrifice themselves when facing the development of the country and their own interests. Like many medical workers during the epidemic, they were all unknown heroes in the process of the times.
Due to the large theme, Yulian was confused about which point to focus on and how to use the plane to express topics of political significance. During the discussion, professional teachers suggested to students that the conflict between national development and personal interests could be reflected through debate, and recommended some books to students to deepen the thinking latitude of this topic.
Yulian's CSM Graphic Design Portfolio Project
In the end, Yulian chose to simulate and set up a "debate", not to define the event itself, but to directly throw out the views of both sides, triggering everyone's thinking. The theme of this project is profound and the expression method is novel, which also reflects the students' solid graphic design skills.
Above all, I hope that Yulian's CSM graphic design dream fulfillment experience can inspire, think and inspire students. In the past year's application season, among thousands of successful cases of natural light, each student is unique to us. [ Customized] is the teaching direction that the natural light always carries out. It is established under the control of the national teaching and research center for professionalism. We are still adhering to teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, guiding and amplifying the unique highlights of each student. Each group of works in the student's work collection carries the growth and dedication in the stage of teachers and students, and every artistic dream of students, We are willing to gather all our strength to realize our dream!
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