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Explore how words and images can come to life on the page and screen to tell stories and deliver information.

This one-of-a-kind course provides students with a specialist education in typography, page design, layout, spatial graphics, image creation and art direction for print and digital applications. BA (Hons) Design for Publishing has a great reputation for producing much sought after graphic designers with a focus on inspiring audiences through story-telling and developing skills to work in the publishing sector and beyond. Idea generation, research methods, content creation, materials and physical making are integral to your projects.

Typical career paths

Employability and careers are a constant theme through all the units on each year of the course – the most important of which is the creation and on-going development of your portfolio.

Students have been incredibly successful, receiving multiple awards from D&AD New Blood, the International Society of Typographic Designers, Penguin Cover Design Award, the Society of Publication Designers (international editorial design award) and Creative Conscience. Many have secured graduate placements and full-time employment at international publishers such as Penguin Random House, Little, Brown and a range of design studios, advertising agencies and broadcasters such as the BBC.

Magazine Designer

Book Jacket Designer

Graphic Designer

Editorial Designer

Newspaper Designer

Publishing Designer

Digital Publisher

Creative Director

Interface Designer

Copywriter

Printmaker/Printer

Teacher

University Lecturer

Art Assistant

Social media creator

Small business owner

Digital entrepreneur

Art director

Content creator

Type designer