Designers apply creative and open approaches to defining and solving problems, leading to high-quality decisions. This enables businesses and industries to overcome rigid or outdated ways of doing things.

Design has applications in the creation and improvement of our cities, buildings, transport networks, furniture, websites, processes, bridges, landscapes and environment. Designers are innovators who enhance the way we live and interact with the world around us.

Be in demand

With job markets evolving constantly, gaining skills that transfer across industries is really important. The ability to apply design thinking is now recognised as a specific and desirable skill. As technology drives more and more aspects of our lives, designers are playing an important role expanding the potential of the Internet of Things, such as smart homes, smart cities and intelligent transportation. If you are imaginative, enjoy learning about new fields, and want to play a role in improving the way we live and the places we live in, Design could be a good fit for you.

Graphic Design

Graphic designers are visual communicators, assembling illustrations, typography, images and motion graphics to create a piece of design. Graphic designers work within print and digital based mediums to present information in ways that are both memorable and accessible.

The graphic Design major will provide you with practical and conceptual skills to undertake professional graphic design work. Grounded in a strong tradition of VCA studio based visual art practice, it integrates design theory, digital and analogue approaches, and modern industry practices.

You will work towards the completion of a design portfolio, which can be used as a foundation for commencing a graphic design-based career or further study.

Study design if you are interested in working in:

• Architecture and landscape architecture
• Graphic design
• Construction and civil engineering
• Geospatial technology
• Property
• Software design, including games
• Town planning
• User experience
• Virtual reality and augmented reality
• Performance design
• Design for mechanics and robotics.