Advanced course situating typography at the forefront and enabling a profound examination of creativity in relation to a firm functional framework. We will delve into the practice and hold a critical discussion on historical conventions, thus setting the ground for building a complex, multivocal system and a unique narrative space. Working with text-filled formats and the transmission of detailed information will require the operation of systems for navigating the space (textual space and temporal space of reading). Students will need to be bold and original on the one hand, and traditionally precise and even meticulous on the other. The course will focus on the design of books and catalogues.

Follow-up course from previous years, focusing on a wide-ranging branding project providing consistent and evolving graphic language solutions for a specific subject or organization. Each student will create an extensive and rich graphic package for the studied subject, to present at the graduation exhibition and in his or her portfolio.

Follow-up course providing basic comprehension and skills in the principles of animation: timing, movement analysis and work methods, through a series of elementary exercises. The course will include a screening of a selection of classic animation films, experimental films, and a series of contemporary animation series – following which we will hold analysis and discussion sessions.

Follow-up course. The course will introduce the groundwork and various trends associated with the development of the medium and the different roles of the designer in the interactive space. We will become proficient in the characterization, planning and fundamentals of designing interfaces and interactive experiences. We will get to know and explore significant and important technologies and interfaces and mobile platforms, and study basic programming for interactive platforms (such as WordPress).

The course provides a profound comprehension of the identity components of a commercial or public organization. Through research and segmentation of identity characteristics, messages, and priority audiences, we will learn how to phrase a visual, graphic language representing one organization or another, a company, or an idea. During the academic year we will tackle two large-scale and comprehensive exercises, which will constitute the main projects for the graduation exhibition and portfolio.

Semester course which includes practical experience in illustration – creating a concept and image and working in the various formats; implementation of advanced digital work techniques; relating fundamental concepts in design to the practice of illustration – composition, line, stain, color, and image; developing a personal style through exposure to a variety of inspirations.