Student Showcase

Name of Course: Graphic Design
Length of course: 1 Year

Over the year our students learn skills such as conceptualisation & design thinking, design principles & elements, software tools & technical skills, as well as professional practice & industry readiness.

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Three hanging posters for a Veg Power campaign, each showing toy figures on a giant vegetable with lines such as Eat your beets to survive the dinosaurs. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Minimal brochure and booklet set in soft neutral tones, with open spreads showing an elegant dining room and a misty forest. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Illustrated travel brochure for The Darjeeling Limited, with blue patterned covers and colourful spreads of mountains, tea fields and a warm welcome page. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Square gift box for the brand Honest, covered in black line-drawn faces with red lips and a teal seal on the front. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Yellow poster headed Read between the lines, with a raised hand inside a magenta fingerprint pattern and the line it takes a village. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Advertising poster in a subway station showing a woman in a face mask with fogged-up glasses, under the line Frames. Fog. Forget it. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Rows of open magazines in pastel pink, green and cream, with flat illustrated figures and serif headlines about healing and gratitude. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Custom playing card deck with a gold scorpion on a white card and a line-drawn palm with stars on a black card. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Wine bottle with a label for Appetence Sauvignon Blanc, featuring a fine-line scorpion and botanical illustration in green and white. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Canvas tote bag held up by one hand, printed with the words Worry less, kiss more above a line drawing of a face with red lips. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Three phone screens showing Instagram posts for the Plett Rage festival, with bold red and green type over photos of performers and crowds. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Five smiling Graphic Design graduates of the Academy of Digital Arts standing in front of large illuminated letters, one holding a certificate.
Brand identity for the Plett Rage festival with yellow brush-script lettering, shown on a poster, phone, tablet ticket page and business cards. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
3D render of a brick warehouse venue with steel trusses, a neon bar sign and red hanging banners carrying event branding. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Covers and spreads for NDU magazine in a collage style, with headlines such as Mind the gap and The rage of the pre-boomer woman. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Three circular white line icons set against a snow-covered mountain and blue sky. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
The Dacha display typeface, a full alphabet and numerals filled with bright pink, blue and yellow eye patterns, alongside die-cut printed letters. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Flat isometric illustration of a poolside scene in purple and blue, next to a social media story counting down to an event. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
Four open spreads of a clean lifestyle magazine, including an editor's note and features on zero-waste fashion and smart shopping. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.
White T-shirt shown front and back, with a small skull on the chest and a large Skeleton Army skull graphic and lettering on the back. Graphic Design student work, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town.

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