Professional Design Workshops
Software training is ideal for maximising the power of your software, but at the end of the day, software is just a tool, like the humble pencil. Having it and using it does not make a person a designer, but a computer operator. That's where our design courses come in … Delivered by design professionals, our design workshops serve to heighten our clients' aesthetic awareness using design, marketing and psychological principles. Think of them as design college modules. Combined with the software we teach, they make for very powerful design solutions.
- Web Design Workshop
- Magazine Design Workshop
- Brand Design Workshop
- Leaflet Design Workshop
- Book Design Workshop
- NEW! Design Workshop BLITZ
NEED A MIX? WE CAN CREATE: A TOTALLY CUSTOMISED COURSE; OR MIX THIS MODULE WITH A SOFTWARE COURSE IN ONE OF OUR WORKSHOP COMBOS. WHATEVER BLEND YOU WANT, YOU'VE GOT IT.
Design Workshop Summaries
Please note: Course content may vary slightly. Our trainers aim to cover all topics described in the full course description, but are occasionally required to cover some subjects in more detail, at the expense of other topics. This is at the tutor's discretion.
Please call 0117 924 6264 for Design Workshop Prices
Web Design Workshop
Duration: 2 days
Content Summary: Basic styles, header, inline and external styles, various methods for different effects.
Results: Modify your website from the very basic to the design-rich or fully-styled.
Ideal for: Those who want a design-rich site, and for those who don't want to produce "just another website" (JAW-ache).
Options:
• All course content can be modified to the customer's taste.
• This course can be task-focused.
• This Design Workshop can be mixed with other courses to make a Workshop Combo.
• The software used in this course can be variable.
Magazine Design Workshop
Duration: 2 days
Content Summary: Business-to-business v Business-to-consumer, reader relationship, text to imagery balance, structure
Results: A short magazine, with front cover, one feature, and a news section
Ideal for: Those who design or edit magazines.
Options:
• All course content can be modified to the customer's taste.
• This course can be task-focused.
• This Design Workshop can be mixed with other courses to make a Workshop Combo.
• The software used in this course can be variable.
Brand Design Workshop
Duration: 2 days
Content Summary: An investigation and understanding of the importance of image and how to begin to create a succesful brand style
Results: A range of corporate literature
Ideal for: Anyone needing to come up to speed with new features and power to their websites.
Options:
• All course content can be modified to the customer's taste.
• This course can be task-focused.
• This Design Workshop can be mixed with other courses to make a Workshop Combo.
• The software used in this course can be variable.
Leaflet Design Workshop
Duration: 2 days
Content Summary: How to compose a striking and successful leaflet
Results: 2 leaflets that appeal to very different target audiences
Ideal for: Desiners, editors, small business owners, those who need to design a leaflet with impact.
Options:
• All course content can be modified to the customer's taste.
• This course can be task-focused.
• This Design Workshop can be mixed with other courses to make a Workshop Combo.
• The software used in this course can be variable.
Book Design Workshop
Duration: 2 days
Content Summary: A look at the publishing world, its jargon, the written word, composition, cover impact
Results: A short book, with cover
Ideal for: Those in the publishing industry, especially book designers.
Options:
• All course content can be modified to the customer's taste.
• This course can be task-focused.
• This Design Workshop can be mixed with other courses to make a Workshop Combo.
• The software used in this course can be variable.
NEW! Design Workshop Blitz
Duration: 1 week
Content Summary: All the above courses combined
Results: A whole raft of design material.
Ideal for: Anyone wishing to move from being the office ignaramus to the office expert in marketing-lead design, in one fell swoop.
Options:
• All course content can be modified to the customer's taste.
• This course can be task-focused.
• This Design Workshop can be mixed with other courses to make a Workshop Combo.
• The software used in this course can be variable.
FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE TYPES OF COURSES WE RUN
• Set Software Training
• Mixed Software Training
• Bespoke Training
• Crash Course Training
• Upgrade Courses
• Blitz Courses
• Design Workshops
• Workshop Combos
• Troubleshooting
No matter how whizzy the tools and the software, at some point you have to develop an EYE for design. That's where our top trainer Traci comes in. She's spent 20 years in the design business and has a design degree from one of London's leading design establishments under her belt, as well as a great deal of real business experience. She can teach you not just how you should be creating your design but how to develop your ideas and apply them to a professional market.
BOOK A DESIGN WORKSHOP NOW!
AND DEVELOP A TRUE AND DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WHOLE DESIGN PROCESS.
"It takes more than an expensive racquet to make a Wimbledon Champion. Practice, talent and a good eye all contribute every bit as much as the tools you have at your disposal."
Traci Rochester, Founder