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More than meets the eye
Graphic design comes in where words and visual images are used to convey ideas and information. So graphic design features in lots of different areas including advertising, publishing, signage, packaging, corporate identity (a company's image and logo) and multimedia.

What are the skills involved?
Who does what?
Graphic communications designers work on a wide range of projects or can become specialists in, for example, typography (print), illustration, packaging, corporate identity or magazine design. There is a demand for designers specialising in television and video graphics and in digital/new media.

What would I learn if I studied to be a graphic designer?
Are there many jobs in the graphics field?

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