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Design Apprenticeships

Design is a business of trust. It is thinking made visual, a balance between form and function. You will create something out of nothing. It’s not just what it looks like but how it works.

You could work in any of the following sectors:

  1. Graphic and multimedia designer,
  2. Interior design
  3. Fashion and textiles
  4. Product design

Graphic Design

Graphic designers create visual concepts, by hand or using computer software, to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, or captivate consumers. They develop the overall layout and production design for advertisements, brochures, magazines, and corporate reports. Graphic design is important in the sales and marketing of products, and is a critical component of brochures and logos. Therefore, graphic designers often work closely with people in advertising and promotions, public relations, and marketing. Some create the graphics used in packaging for various types of retail products, while others may work on the visual design used on a book jacket.

Your main duties will be:

  1. Meet with clients or the art director to determine the scope of a project
  2. Advise clients on strategies to reach a particular audience
  3. Determine the message the design should portray
  4. Create images that identify a product or convey a message
  5. Develop graphics and visual or audio images for product illustrations, logos, websites
  6. Create designs either by hand or using computer software packages
  7. Select colours, images, text style, and layout
  8. Present the design to clients or the art director
  9. Corporate changes recommended by the clients into the final design
  10. Review designs for errors before printing or publishing them

Interior Design

Interior Designers plan the design of living and commercial environments, they then manage the work of turning their ideas into a reality. Projects can be broad in scope, ranging from structural alterations to the choice of furnishings, curtains, wallpaper and lighting.

The role includes:

  1. Inspecting and surveying buildings
  2. Negotiating fees and setting schedules for the project (under supervision)
  3. Researching and drawing up rough plans
  4. Developing detailed designs and choosing materials
  5. Supervising the work as it is carried out

Your day to day duties could include:

  1. Investigating how existing products work
  2. Developing ideas and produce initial sketches and outline plans
  3. Deciding on suitable materials or resources
  4. Using computer software to produce detailed blueprints
  5. Making samples or working models (prototypes)
  6. Testing and refine designs

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful. Design is so simple, that’s why it’s complicated. Explore design apprenticeships below:

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