Graphic Design Courses (Experience?)


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Hi all !
does anyone have experiences of graphic design courses (part time) with the local schools to share ?
Thanx
Sven
 

Coleman Creative Design School at Specialist Centre is not bad......the Lecturers there are all working in the graphic designing industry in their day jobs and therefore what you learn is current with the industry now.... :)
 

i love the works from Temask Poly Graphic students! quite indivisualistic and interesting, modern and fun. BTW, they learn photography as well, Swell!
 

NAFA is the best! (ok.. im bias..)

but they are really damn good. ive seen my seniors do really interesting pieces and u dont only learn graphic design, u learn advertising design and also photography! :D but im not very sure abt the part time.. ill be willing to send u some of their flyers and all that if u want..

my twin sister is doing Graphic and advertising while im doing photography (fulltime).. any qns, just pm me~! :)
 

I'm from Pte Skools.... it really suxs to the max, all my skills set is not from them because they just don't really teach much or care much. So what if they are from industry, end of the day you will have to learn yourself because you are paying them to give you thinks to experimental/learn. Anyway different schools have different kind of teaching just don't get con will do.

My advise go NAFA or LASALLE SIA.
 

zerofour said:
I'm from Pte Skools.... it really suxs to the max, all my skills set is not from them because they just don't really teach much or care much. So what if they are from industry, end of the day you will have to learn yourself because you are paying them to give you thinks to experimental/learn. Anyway different schools have different kind of teaching just don't get con will do.

My advise go NAFA or LASALLE SIA.

Yeah, NAFA LaSalle are the most famed. 5 O' Level passes + audition and you are likely to be admitted.

In fact, I still believe the best way to start graphic designing is by self-learning.
 

Just a note to the threadstarter.

Coleman Creative Design is good. Yes, but at the moment, they've just been aquired by First Media.

Their fees? ... They've jacked it up to a "cool" $20K :rolleyes: compared to the $9K in the past.

Seems that they've included some business management / law in the syllabus this time round. Those who sign up for their courses now will be their guinea pigs :think: ...

Another thing is, GD courses would take up QUITE ALOT (not abit) of your time (even though you're part time) and it will eat into your daily routine with many sleepless nights. Make sure you're prepared.
 

zerofour said:
I'm from Pte Skools.... it really suxs to the max, all my skills set is not from them because they just don't really teach much or care much. So what if they are from industry, end of the day you will have to learn yourself because you are paying them to give you thinks to experimental/learn. Anyway different schools have different kind of teaching just don't get con will do.

My advise go NAFA or LASALLE SIA.


Sorry, LasalleSIA oso su*ks. Only 1 or 2 lecturers can make it. The rest are craps esp the FAT one.:sticktong

Oh btw, im a graduate from there.
 

i am also a graduate from LaSalle-SIA

I feel that the schools can only guide you along the way
everything else depends on yourself.

Creativity cannot be tought

BTW i feel all the schools sux, too stiff
 

ortega said:
i am also a graduate from LaSalle-SIA

I feel that the schools can only guide you along the way
everything else depends on yourself.

Creativity cannot be tought

BTW i feel all the schools sux, too stiff

Woot dude, thats hash man..... :bsmilie:

But it's true Creativity cannot be tought, you have to open your mind yourself.
Oh... lastly, this is what one of my part-time lecturer told me about his new intake last time... "Students tot they came here to learn softwares and everything, but design school is not for you to learn softwares tech...." It truth, you don't get to learn adobe or macromedia in a design school it all about self explore and effort yourself. Design school is for people who wants to learn design not applications. :sweatsm:
 

zerofour said:
Woot dude, thats hash man..... :bsmilie:

But it's true Creativity cannot be tought, you have to open your mind yourself.
Oh... lastly, this is what one of my part-time lecturer told me about his new intake last time... "Students tot they came here to learn softwares and everything, but design school is not for you to learn softwares tech...." It truth, you don't get to learn adobe or macromedia in a design school it all about self explore and effort yourself. Design school is for people who wants to learn design not applications. :sweatsm:


Haa... Actually students ARE coming to learn ONLY softwares. All crap sh*t about exploring your creativity are redundant over there, you have to do WHAT they (lecturers) want or get risk of failing. :sticktong
 

tawn said:
NAFA is the best! (ok.. im bias..)

but they are really damn good. ive seen my seniors do really interesting pieces and u dont only learn graphic design, u learn advertising design and also photography! :D but im not very sure abt the part time.. ill be willing to send u some of their flyers and all that if u want..

my twin sister is doing Graphic and advertising while im doing photography (fulltime).. any qns, just pm me~! :)

hmm somehow i am rather skeptical about these... cos i've known those who graduated from NAFA advert & arts or watever, and said they learnt about photography... and when i pass them a prosumer cam in my studio, they dun even know whats aperture & shutter, wonder what will they do with a DSLR... perhaps i am asking too much...

and somehow, my skills in photoshop seem to be better than them, and i am not even classified as beginner, i am like a neonate in ps...
 

Lasalle-SIA ah...i'm a student there XD
But lecturer wise, yes, some lecture just teach because of job. Only few of them really have a passion for it. HOwever mostly all place liddat lah.

my advise would be Lasalle-SIA ( www.lasallesia.edu.sg) or NAFA ( www.nafa.edu.sg ) Depends on your style. Lasalle-Sia more to western style and towards concept than execution. NAFA more to asian style and the beauty of the final product. Thats based on my limited understanding lah.
 

dEthANGeL said:
Just a note to the threadstarter.

Coleman Creative Design is good. Yes, but at the moment, they've just been aquired by First Media.

Their fees? ... They've jacked it up to a "cool" $20K :rolleyes: compared to the $9K in the past.

Seems that they've included some business management / law in the syllabus this time round. Those who sign up for their courses now will be their guinea pigs :think: ...

Another thing is, GD courses would take up QUITE ALOT (not abit) of your time (even though you're part time) and it will eat into your daily routine with many sleepless nights. Make sure you're prepared.

Hi all, as far as I am concerned, the fees has not been finalised yet but it won't be that high lah :). In terms of graphic design, of course you will take up a lot of your time, else how would you learn... hehhehe anyways it depends on the students also if they are really into it, of course they'll put their time and effort into it.

Nyways, I was from a pvt design institution, some of the students don't put in effort even when the teachers put in effort... so it boils down to your determination and effort. No matter which school you go into but if you don't put in effort then bo pian lah .... Nyway just my 2 cents worth :)
 

tiniola said:
Hi all, as far as I am concerned, the fees has not been finalised yet but it won't be that high lah :). In terms of graphic design, of course you will take up a lot of your time, else how would you learn... hehhehe anyways it depends on the students also if they are really into it, of course they'll put their time and effort into it.

Nyways, I was from a pvt design institution, some of the students don't put in effort even when the teachers put in effort... so it boils down to your determination and effort. No matter which school you go into but if you don't put in effort then bo pian lah .... Nyway just my 2 cents worth :)


hmm... sounds fishy....... 0 post join on 17Jan06 :think:
 

bumortic said:
haha pat?


HAAAA.... you are so d*mn right! She's the most irritating one, one tips: carry her balls way up high and you are guarranteed to be hi-flier even if your works sucks. :devil:
 

hotgraphy said:
HAAAA.... you are so d*mn right! She's the most irritating one, one tips: carry her balls way up high and you are guarranteed to be hi-flier even if your works sucks. :devil:

lol lucky you already graduate. got new lecture even more *errrhggoisdjfhgou* than her.

I used to like one of the part time lecture a lot :cry: everyweek waiting for his class - but now he resigned already :cry:
 

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