Illustrators bring ideas to life; they have a talent and anability to illuminate often very complex subject matters ina way which resonates with people, and captivatesimaginations. Stemming from a desire to communicatebeyond words, illustration is a diverse and expandingdiscipline, originating in gesture and, now, encompassingdrawing and print as much as sound, moving image, 3Dmodelling and new technologies.

The work of an illustrator helps to shape our experienceand interpretation of the everyday. It can be encounteredthrough magazines and advertisements; it can enable theunderstanding of science, medicine and health,psychology, politics, and more; and it remains integral tothe film and animation industries. Illustration has aunique, personal staying power – treasured by those whohave loved its enhancements of particular literature andnarratives – but it also has the power to confront,provoke and disrupt conventional thinking on a muchlarger scale.

The Illustration programme at CSAD is taught by anexperienced team of dedicated illustrators andresearchers, whose experience and specialist subjectareas range from editorial to fine art illustration, frompuppetry and music to animation design and production.We lead in teaching narrative form, with an approach thatconnects art, information, science and technology,rhetoric, forecasting, and memory.

The briefs you will be set present opportunities toexperiment using different media. Some assignments willsee you unpicking theories of illustration; some will inviteyou to take inspiration from hidden corners of the city,while others will immerse you in creative philosophy.

Our role is to foster your curiosity, expand your criticaland creative breadth, and underpin your artisticdevelopment with a practical understanding ofillustration’s broader contexts and purposes. Throughoutyour studies, you will be encouraged to work with andlearn from your peers – not solely from illustration but,occasionally, through briefs which span across theundergraduate programmes. In your second year, youhave a real opportunity to enhance your developmentthrough travel, learning about illustration in othercultures through an Erasmus programme or a study visitto Rajasthan.

Everything you do at CSAD – from your academic andpractical work, lectures and seminars, and extracurricularprojects, to your industry placements and final yearexhibition – is shaping your development into anillustrator with a distinct voice, technical range and criticalinsight.

It is this combination which equips graduates of theIllustration programme with the skills, experience andconfidence to succeed as creative professionals. Itcontinues to be a launch pad for students aspiring tocreate their own practice, or build upon expertise throughfurther education, as well a pathway for many others intothe professional worlds of film, publishing, animation,theatre, fine art, and new media.

Further information: Admissions Tutor: Amelia Johnstoneajohnstone@cardiffmet.ac.uk

ILLUSTRATION

Entry requirements: Minimum Tariff: 300

YOUR PLACE AT CSAD

Meeting applicants is important to us.

We like to show you around, answer your questions andtalk to you about your work and aspirations.

No doubt you would like to look at our facilities and theLlandaff campus and find out more aboutaccommodation, transport in the city and finances.

This year we will be holding seven ‘Big Interview Events’in our new building. The aims are to welcome candidatesapplying for places, give you the information you need,and conduct interviews. We will have a lot to show youand will be able to answer all your questions aboutstudying with us and living in Cardiff. The dates of our

‘Big Interview Events’ are as follows, but we will beconducting interviews throughout the year for peoplewho miss these or who are unable to attend on thesedates.

The Interview Days for 2015 entry are:

10 DECEMBER 201428 & 30 JANUARY 20154 & 6 FEBRUARY 201511 & 13 FEBRUARY 2015

ILLUSTRATION BA (HONS) UCAS Code: W220

CARDIFF SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN

WHY CARDIFF SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN?

CARDIFF SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN

TAUGHT POSTGRADUATE• Master of Fine Art (MFA)• Master of Design (MDes)• Master of Design (MDes) SADI

• MA (Cardiff School of Art & Design) Specialist Pathways only• Art & Science• Philosophy• Ecologies• Death and Visual Culture

• Postgraduate Certificate in Research Skills:Art & Design

• MA Ceramics• MSc Advanced Product Design

UNDERGRADUATE• HNC Building Technology and

Management (Ystrad Mynach)

• HND Architectural Design & Technology

• BSc (Hons) Architectural Design &Technology

• BA (Hons) Artist Designer: Maker• BA (Hons) Fine Art• BA (Hons) Ceramics• BA (Hons) Textiles• BA (Hons) Graphic Communication• BA (Hons) Illustration• BA (Hons) Product Design• BSc (Hons) Product Design• BA (Hons) Photographic Practice

(Bridgend)

RESEARCH DEGREES• MPhil• PhD• Professional Doctorate in Art• Professional Doctorate in Design

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CARDIFF SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN, LLANDAFF CAMPUS, WESTERN AVENUE, CARDIFF, CF5 2YB44 (0)29 2041 6070

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FOUNDATION• Cardiff Diploma in Foundation Studies

(Art & Design) (Bridgend) - allied programme only

• Foundation Degree in Applied Art & Design(Bridgend)

• Foundation Degree in Ceramics (Cardiff and The Vale College)

• Foundation Degree in ContemporaryTextiles Practice (Cardiff and The Vale College)

• Foundation Degree in GraphicCommunication (Cardiff and The Vale College)

BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BUILD A LONG AND REWARDING ART AND DESIGN CAREER

You will study three modules each year and, at the end ofeach year, you’ll have just one single formal assessment.You will be developing your work and improving itthroughout the year, following the example ofprofessional artists and designers; this is how they work,so it’s how we work too. You learn by thinking, enquiringand practice.

We work closely with design companies, arts and makerorganizations, as well as the professional art and designcommunity. There are tangible opportunities for you togain work experience, bring your skills to a communityproject, and make professional contacts of the sort thathave proven invaluable to countless graduates beforeyou.

In your final year, you can elect to produce a detailedbusiness plan instead of a research dissertation. Indeedyou can navigate your three years with either a businessor an academic focus. It’s up to you. We even have anincubation facility to support our best graduates in theestablishment of their companies.

All of our Undergraduate programmes can be extendedto study up to Masters level as an MDes or MFA(Professional Masters), MA (Academic and CreativeMasters) or MPhil (Research Masters). All studentsachieving a 2:1 or above are guaranteed a place on one ofour Masters programmes.

BECAUSE CARDIFF IS AMAZING

Cardiff has such great provision for the arts,entertainment and sport. The mountains and sea arewithin such easy reach. What’s not to like?

commitment, you will be encouraged throughout toestablish a greater sense of what makes your creativeidentity both valuable and unique.

BECAUSE YOU WANT TO STUDY WITH LEADING ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS

You need to be among people who will share in yourpassion and help you reach your potential. Our entranceexpectations (300 UCAS points) and rigorous, but friendly,interview process create an expert community ofstudents who are serious about their studies in art anddesign.

You will be joining other imaginative, curious and astutestudents artists, makers and designers in our studios.

People who are at the top of their game will teach you.CSAD staff, academic and technical, as well as some ofour administrative staff, are practitioners in their own right.Our academic staff are engaged in front-line research andin business projects which ensure that we teach from areal position.

BECAUSE YOU WANT EXCELLENT ART AND DESIGN STUDIOSAND TECHNOLOGIES

Professional artists and designers need excellent studiosand workshops – and that’s what we provide. Our newfacility on the Llandaff Campus is an ideas and creativefactory, with extensive workshops and resources. Almosteverything and anything we have available is for ourstudents to use, from digital stitch and plaster mouldingto our metal foundry and our rapid prototypingworkshops.

We are also home to the only MIT accredited FabLab in aUK university.

BECAUSE YOU WANT TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN YOUR PASSION FOR ART & DESIGN

Your studies are built around three fundamental aspectsof what it is to be an artist, maker, or designer: uniqueskills; creative ideas; and an ability to contextualise thesein a professional situation.

These essential qualities – which are dependent uponone another – will form the basis for each of your briefsand assignments, throughout your three years at CSAD.They will be the markers of your progress towards being awell-rounded graduate; an individual who possess notonly the talent, but also the confidence, experience, andinsight, to thrive as a creative professional in today’sworld. Your core skills will be a consistent focus, as youexplore both new and established mediums and identifythose practices that you’d like to pursue further.

In terms of your ideas, your tutors will be encouragingyou to constantly reflect, question, and asses; to explorehow and why the world came to be as it is and how itmight be re-thought or re-imagined.

Contextualizing your skills and ideas is about gainingpractical and professional experience. You will have achoice of projects to undertake, where you willcollaborate with students from across the school’s otherdisciplines.

You will also have the chance to take up placements withan employer or voluntary organization. You may elect tojoin a research group or exhibit your work. You also havethe chance to travel and study in Europe, India, Korea,Australia, Morocco or America. You can even begin tobuild your own business or creative professional practice.

With at least half of your studies delivered throughteaching and the other half through your own