Graphic Communication

Although graphic design is classified as an applied art discipline, experimental and creative practice is encouraged: the speciality, aware of the social, cultural, political and artistic issues at stake, is also a laboratory that is very much open to contemporary society.

Fully integrated into a multidisciplinary art school, the Graphic Communication specialisation engages in transversal practices in connection with other sections of the school (Art, Art-Object, Design, Scenography, etc.).

National Diplomas
– DNA National Diploma in Arts (awarding a Bachelor’s degree) with a major in Communication and a specialisation in Graphic Communication
– National Higher Degree in Visual Expression (awarding a Master’s degree) with a major in Communication and a specialisation in Graphic Communication

Admissions start in year 2 when following the school’s regular curriculum, and transfers are accepted in year 3 and 4 after committee approval.

Contact
Kay-Uwe May
+33 (0)3 69 06 37 86
kay-uwe.may@hear.fr

HEAR’s communication department consists of specialisations in Graphic Communication, Information Design and Illustration, paying equal attention to the latest developments in contemporary production. This unique educational organization relates to the specific trades our students are destined to participate in. While each specialisation elaborates its particular training independently, they share certain aims:

the vigilant reading of the world of visual signs around us; making seen and heard the power of images and text and their interactions; developing the writing skills of authors engaged in graphic practices based in reality and graphically responding to contemporary issues. Visual communication — be it paper or digital, books or audiovisual — encourages awareness of commissions and their recipients.

Our students are progressively immersed in mastering such methodology. The common second BA year provides shared and complementary training, run by representatives of the three specialisations. It concludes, with the agreement of the teachers, in the student choosing one of the specialisations of the option.

The research programme includes a contribution from the visual arts in the study and interpretation of historical material from the First World War, in order to reveal the role of visual culture in the construction of memorial imagination. Explored in courses, studio practice and workshops, a series of research topics is developed (camouflage, monuments, mapmaking, inventory, writings).

Developed until 2018, the programme ofers a set of restitutions supported by multiple partnerships. The aim is to articulate theoretical and graphic research in an original way and to produce shared and interdisciplinary events.The programme is supported by the City of Strasbourg, the Ministry of Culture, the Centenary Mission, the Alsace Region, the French-German Youth Office, and has been accorded the Centenary and Alsace 14–18 labels.

HEAR ofers students a number of international opportunities. Students from Graphic Communication can go abroad for a semester during their studies, and HEAR regularly welcomes students from the following partner schools:

Germany: University of Art and Design, Halle • Belgium: École de Recherche Graphique, Bruxelles • Canada: Université du Québec à Montréal • Netherlands: ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Enschede, Arnhem — Design Academy Eindhoven — Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam • Poland: Jan Matjeko Academy of Fine Arts, Cracovie — Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Varsovie • Czech Republic: Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague • United Kingdom: UAL – Camberwell College of Arts, Londres • etc.