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Communication Design

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Communication design is ubiquitous, multimedia-based, and multidimensional. Communication design can be found in a magazine, a book, an app, and a website. Communication design helps us find our way when it takes the form of wayfinding signage in buildings. Communication design brings announcements from cultural institutions to life, whether as posters or flyers. That all sounds very functional, but being a communication designer means being creative. So there’s hardly any area of society that isn’t influenced by communication design. In this episode, Karen—who usually works behind the scenes—is asking the questions, because we certainly aren’t going to pass up the chance to interview Pauline herself, who usually hosts the show but is actually studying communication design. Marcel is sitting virtually by her side.

Show Notes

  • A View from the Window
    Communication design in public spaces, on the street, etc.
  • Communication Design vs. Graphic Design
    Why study communication design?
  • The First Two Semesters
    Fundamentals of Design
  • What’s that smell?
    Working in the workshops—surrounded by the scent of the materials
  • Analog vs. Digital
    Analog vs. Digital Production and Design Techniques
  • First Free Course Selection // Program Characteristics
    From exhibition design to illustration, interactive design, typography, and drawing
  • Interdisciplinary Projects
    What does that look like?
  • The internship or study abroad semester
    Working at an agency
  • Get creative now!
    Ways to Overcome Creative Blocks—Tips and Techniques
  • Equipment and Financial Costs
    Necessary Equipment, Procuring Materials for Projects
  • Looking Ahead
    What to Do After Graduation