Graphic Design
The graduate program in graphic design differs from the other fine arts in that it is a service and communications field. While aesthetics, art movements, design theory and vocabulary of the art world are similar, the end product cannot be self-serving for the artist, but must convey the message of a client in a degree of clarity or ambiguity appropriate to a subject and audience. The level of subtlety in communication has continued to rise in the last twenty years as the public has become savvy and sophisticated in translating media. This has led to an exciting diversity of approaches such that no single style dominates contemporary design. The profession of Graphic Design has continued to explode in breadth and depth of its applications until it can no longer be covered well in a single curriculum. The field now refers to design for the print industry, design for multimedia, the web, animation, overarching design of multidisciplinary projects.
Facilities
The area is housed in one primary facility, which serves both as a networked computer lab and traditional classroom. A secondary facility houses equipment relative to the book arts and letterpress process. The main facility houses twenty one imacs stations and a G5 Power MacIntosh with a 30" cinema display. Other equipment includes slide scanners, flatbed scanners, black and white printers and one color printer. Graduate students share an adjacent studio space equipped with G5 MacIntosh stations.
Contact Info:
Eve Faulkes, M.F.A. (Rhode Island School of Design), Graphic Design
eve.faulkes@mail.wvu.edu 293-4841 ext. 3146
Juan Giraldo , M.F.A. (West Virginia University), Graphic Design
juan.giraldo@mail.wvu.edu 293-4841 ext. 3228
