1. There's never been a better time to live and work overseas
If you're feeling adventurous and want to secure a job overseas, then graphic design is in demand everywhere. In Australia, it's a profession that gives you a good chance of qualifying for a skilled visa.
If you don't fancy a permanent move, then why not study graphic design overseas and enjoy a taste of travelling. At Shillington, we supply all the information you need to get the ball rolling, and we have campuses in six locations around the world, including Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and New York.
2. You'll problem-solve every day, boosting your brain power for a longer life
According to the latest findings in Neuroscience, your brain reaches its peak performance between 16-25 years, and that's when cognitive functioning declines. Bummer. The good news is that we can train our brain to perform better. It's a muscle, after all, and therefore needs regular exercise.
Well, graphic design makes your brain very active. It forces you to problem-solve every day, which challenges you and consequently ensures you're performing at your best capacity. If you want to keep your brain strong, healthy and perhaps smarter, then graphic design can help.
Struggling with a little creative block? Try these lateral thinking brain teasers and logic games to get the creative juices flowing again.
3. In dark times, you'll be able to absorb beautiful, creative things
The world is most definitely a dark place right now. But despite this, there is always something to smile about. Graphic design gives us the daily opportunity to embrace our surroundings, think creatively and absorb the most beautiful things life has to offer.
It's a wonderful career – one that you could argue doesn't even feel like a job. From thinking up colour palettes and solving the next big problem... from choosing the perfect font to happily agonising over the best-weighted paper... graphic design is a wonderful thing.
It's a wonderful career – one that you could argue doesn't even feel like a job. From thinking up colour palettes and solving the next big problem... from choosing the perfect font to happily agonising over the best-weighted paper... graphic design is a wonderful thing.
4. Design and branding matters more now
Whilst we're on the subject of Katniss Everdeen and Generation K, you should know that these people don't trust brands or traditional big business. Which is why design and branding matter more than ever before.
The need to create visuals that will attract and win over this tough crowd will ensure design is treated with the respect it deserves. It will be your job as a designer to help win hearts and minds through your creativity. How exciting is that!
The need to create visuals that will attract and win over this tough crowd will ensure design is treated with the respect it deserves. It will be your job as a designer to help win hearts and minds through your creativity. How exciting is that!
5. You live in a time when millions could see your work
If showing off is your thing, and you want to see your name (or work) in lights, then graphic design is a huge boost to the ego. Your designs could literally be seen by millions – online, on the street, in newspapers and magazines, on packaging. The world's eyes will be on your creativity. And there's something truly magical about that.
6. You'll learn skills that a robot or machine could never do
Millions of UK workers are at risk of being replaced by robots within 15 years, a study claims. It's depressing news for many, but if you learn something that machines could never do, then you'll be future-proofing your career for many decades to come.
Graphic design is creative and requires human-led intelligence and ideas to respond to trends, tastes and what has already been before. It will never be something a robot can mimic. Sure, the technology to create will continue to make our lives easier as designers, but they'll never replace us. Never.
Unless, of course, you believe the predictions of Mark Rolston, co-founder and chief creative officer of Argodesign. In which case, always make sure you adapt, never stop learning and stay ahead of the curve.
On that note, watch this recent talk by design heavyweight Adrian Shaughnessy at Shillington's London campus, which includes his thoughts on graphic design in future and the potential impact of AI.
Graphic design is creative and requires human-led intelligence and ideas to respond to trends, tastes and what has already been before. It will never be something a robot can mimic. Sure, the technology to create will continue to make our lives easier as designers, but they'll never replace us. Never.
Unless, of course, you believe the predictions of Mark Rolston, co-founder and chief creative officer of Argodesign. In which case, always make sure you adapt, never stop learning and stay ahead of the curve.
On that note, watch this recent talk by design heavyweight Adrian Shaughnessy at Shillington's London campus, which includes his thoughts on graphic design in future and the potential impact of AI.
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