WELCOME
What is 3rd year?
It’s YOUR year,
it’s not my year.
What is YOUR job?
To explore yourself
What is MY job?
To help you be you, not to be me.
It is not my desire to agree with you.
It is my desire to challenge you
  and for you to challenge you.
So please pitch up,
   it is your life.
Every brief is a
Brand Challenge
    (of sorts)
The rules:
            Keep pushing
                Try to fail
 If I say it’s interesting it is, but it
doesn’t mean it’s a finished idea.
What is
Creative Brand Communication?
It is a tool to
Communicate
  Information
It’s not magic
Copywriting
Multimedia
Visual Communication
A visual representation
of concepts and things
What are the tools used for?
It sells stuff
It can overpower the senses
It connects people
Who remembers ‘before’ timeline?
What else?
It defines your style,
   Your personality
  Your social circle
It helps you find your way
It can make you laugh
It can display information
It can change the world
It can liberate
It expresses
It powers institutions
Who are
Creative Brand Communicators?
Copywriters
     Fine artists
  Web Designers
   Set Designers
      Directors
      Sculptors
Product Designers
     Animators
    Cartoonists
Graphic Designers
  Photographers
    Art Directors
     Architects
Interior Designers
What makes a great
Visual Communicator?
The ability to combine
  visuals and layout
     with a great
       concept
What is the future?
All design is relevant
Think like there is no Viscom
Think of
Learning/Comms Bouquet
Emphasis on
               CHANGE
                 &
             ADAPTABILITY
This requires constant feedback and upskilling
Adaptable Skill Sets
 (Lecturers and Students)
PROGRAMME OFFERING
Drop ‘new media’
     as an ‘idea’
   Incorporate ALL
Channels into the mix
 (and photography)
Soft and No Branding
 (Experiential, product design, performance
and other areas of engagement into the mix)
The World is Tactile
(Virtual vs real world engagements
 the integration of the two comms)
Open system of navigation based
  on individual requirements
       & lecturer skill sets

      Integrate outcomes
         with Brand Strat
Let (make?) design tell a story
Lifelong learning
    is not boring
   Ignite the fire
1st Year
Typography – Type as Image
  Conceptual Thinking/Techniques/
          Design Process

         Iconography
  Conceptual Thinking/Techniques/
          Design Process
1st Year
Fundamentals of Design
        Techniques/
       Design Process

    Design Theory
    Conceptual Thinking/
     Theoretical Design
3rd Year
      Mini Brand challenge
  Advanced Layout and Type
      Integrated Campaign
   Advanced Identity Design
Sustainable Social Responsibility
Portfolio and Personal Promotion
3rd Year
          Research
           Digital
      Comms Theory
       Design Theory
          Narrative
Photography/Art Direction
   Developing Markets
 Presentation Techniques
    Channel Planning
     Lifelong Learning
3rd Year
In what context of lifelong learning
     does an exit portfolio sit?
Campuses
   MUST
  SHARE
Encourage knowledge sharing
Communication!
  Input is required
WEBSITE/BLOG
  START ONE
All design is relevant
Twitter: clintgriffindot
Email: clint@clintgriffin.com
  Vegaschool031.co.za
Your brief
Does the world need
   another pretty picture
or a smart-ass line of copy?
So what does the world need?
Explore D&AD

Welcome to 3rd year