These courses are taught in Dutch. There are some exchange possibilities available for students in the 2nd and 3rd year of the study program. They will be supervised in English.
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Animation, Film and New Media Design will teach you how to tell stories in different ways and to design with the use of animation, film and new media. Whether you're using 2D and 3D computer technology, documentaries, fiction films and the latest digital technologies, your products will give users a new experience.
On the BDes Fashion Design course, you learn not only to design fashion, materials and patterns, but also to bring your product on the market. For example, by creating presentation books, labels and working drawings for the industry.
Graphic design is a profession where communication and social commitment come together. In this department you will learn as critical viewer to communicate visually in various ways. Through research and conceptual thinking you will learn to visualise information as effectively as possible, and you will learn to transfer this information by means of books, posters, websites, etc. For this, you not only need a knowledge of visual means of communication and visual language, but also insight into the context in which they function. The designer as author is an important starting point.
The BDes Illustration course focuses on visual communication. Illustrators convey their message using images. This is not the same as ‘making pretty pictures’. You develop your own image on the basis of texts and assignments. You make images for magazines, children’s books, educational CD-roms and computer games, for example.
As a product designer, you design functional and user-friendly products. These products are then developed so that they can be industrially manufactured. Depending on the product, you work together with marketers, ergonomists, scientists, technicians and/or stylists.
The BDes Photography course prepares you for a career as an independent photographer, with the emphasis on documentary photography. Documentary photographers always focus on social life, with the intention being to tell the story in images. The emphasis of the course is on the development of a professional attitude. You are trained to work as an independent operator, creating your own assignments or working on assignment. You become a sort of author, but using photographic images. You want to say things with your work, and are able to do so.
With the Bachelor of Design (BDes) in Spatial Design, you learn both to integrate architecture and interior in a new situation and to design an interior for an existing situation. Furthermore you will have knowledge of planning, architecture and urban development. Because you have a broad education, you will have a good overview and will be able to work together well with others involved in the design of spaces.
The BDes Theatre Design course trains students to become theatre designers. As a theatre designer, you are responsible for the design of all visible elements of a performance, such as decors, light and costumes. As the field of theatre design is so broad, there are many directions you could go in after graduation: drama, dance, mime or music theatre. But you could also work in visual theatre, for example, television and film, advertising, exhibitions or events.
