平面设计对我来说绝对是沟通的设计。你知道，通常设计更多的是商业驱动的。所以它不像一个优秀的艺术家那样有感情。肯定会有一些简报或项目，在最后会有一个必要的解决方案。平面设计师用字体和图像在视觉上组织空间。奥克兰平面设计学院的教师都在这个领域工作过，所以他们有专业经验，他们也教你设计背后的批判理论。概念性思维在任何类型的设计或艺术创作中都是有价值的，因为它能给你某种工作背景或兴趣。平面设计或任何与之相关的工作都不仅仅是让事物变得美丽，而是让它们发挥作用。所以你必须能够从概念上理解你为什么要做决定。平面设计跨越了许多媒介。 I’ve had a web design class where we were learning to code. I’ve had a motions graphics class where we were working within After Effects to create film title sequences and I’ve also had a design illustration class where we studied the process of artists. You’re getting a broad education so you have art history courses where you’re able to look at art and analyze them and then you can come into the graphic design classroom and you get to look at the work of your peers and your own and do that same kind of thinking process. Class critics are the most important part of graphic design class. It’s what I look forward to and it helps you to be a better designer in the end. It really helps you in the long run. Design is really a collaborative process. Design doesn’t just have to work for you, it has to work for everybody. Outside of what you do teaching, part of your responsibility is to be professional and do your own research so everyone has a specific thing they’re interested in um and so it varies person to person but I think that that’s the great thing about OU is that if you are interested in a variety oftopics there is usually a faculty member that can talk you through that. Throughout the design program, you’re kinda learning the fundamentals along with shaping your own style and your own process. Our goal at the end of the day is to help you figure out how you’re going to use this degree when you leave and having student involvement in kinda forming the curriculum obviously gives you a feeling of community here.
