Achieving freedom of expression using text and graphics

Leading professionals provide instruction to students wishing to make careers in fields such as poster and advertising design, logotype design, bookbinding, editorial design, and Web design. The practical and specialized curriculum provides thorough grounding in professional graphic design. Students will also gain the capability to send messages to the world through establishing their own uniquely Japanese graphic design sense.

Department profile (May 2009):

Total undergraduate students: 145
(M: 40; F: 105)

Overseas undergrad students: 1

Fulltime faculty: 2
Part-time lecturers: 14

Professors:

KADOYA Kazuyoshi
TORIUMI Osamu
MATSUTANI Shojun
TAKAHASHI Toru
TOYONAGA Masashi

Profiles in Japanese here

Curriculum
1st year: Students mostly gain familiarity with ideographic/type characters and design basics, achieving essential skills in graphic expression and structural formats.
Drawing, typography, calligraphic character practice, visual imagery exercises, and associated theory
2nd year: Mostly production of actual design elements for graphic expression, moving towards more specialized skills such as development of web content.
Character design, typesetting practice, graphic design, digital photography, and computer graphics (Web), interactive design exercises.
3rd year: Working in smaller project groups for more practical development, ensuring close communication with faculty, students achieve more individual styles.
Graphic design, promotion design, advertising design, computer graphics (3D), editorial computer graphics, graphic design specialization, general background studies of advertising.
4th year: Projects associated with local community and/or companies, to gain practical experience in message-based design. In addition, students prepare for writing graduation theses on specialized aspects of graphic design
Visual presentations, design management, internship, and graduation thesis and final exhibition work.