{"id":2895,"date":"2012-06-21T10:18:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T14:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/?p=2895"},"modified":"2012-06-21T11:10:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T15:10:18","slug":"the-greatest-problem-facing-graphic-design-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/2012\/06\/the-greatest-problem-facing-graphic-design-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The greatest problem facing graphic design education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/graphic_design_385x261.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1549\" style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;\" title=\"graphic_design_385x261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/graphic_design_385x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/graphic_design_385x261.jpg 385w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/graphic_design_385x261-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/graphic_design_385x261-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/a>What is the greatest problem facing graphic design education today?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Not enough quality time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the exception of occasional two-year programs, most undergraduate colleges and art schools offer four years\u2014one of them being foundation, a questionable squandering of significant design teaching time. So the average education lasts three years, which is insufficient to cover everything today\u2019s well-rounded graphic designer should know. What might ease this \u201ccrisis in education\u201d? Perhaps what&#8217;s needed is a five-year undergraduate school. Of course, this assertion contradicts prevailing beliefs. But, arguably, the increasing number of job applications (particularly from graduating seniors) to the growing number of American graduate design programs is evidence that today\u2019s BFA students are not entirely prepared (or confident) to function in a world of integrated practice and advanced technology.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s face it, a three-year education is old school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the greatest problem facing graphic design education today? Not enough quality time. With the exception of occasional two-year programs, most undergraduate colleges and art schools offer four years\u2014one of them being foundation, a questionable squandering of significant design teaching time. So the average education lasts three years, which is insufficient to cover everything [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-insights","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2895"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2899,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2895\/revisions\/2899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}