Department of Graphic
About
Graphic Department is one of the five departments of the Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Guilan. this training group strives to teach the theoretical and practical foundations design and technical aspects of areas such as press design and printing works, visual advertising, visual information, Digital Design, Environmental Design Graphics, Interactive Design, Packaging Design Provides a strong and creative space. In this course, creative and critical thinking will be promoted so that students are prepared to enter the competitive marketplace in the field, as well as to familiarize and understand cultural values. Graphic department was established in 2005. In 2019, Study field of art research has been established in University of Guilan which aims is to strengthen the theoretical and analytical framework of this field and gain practical expertise, as well as to recognize new and efficient arenas.
Facilities and Equipment
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TeachingGraduates of this field, can participate in educational fields (education and other cultural and educational centers) and work in the field of creating and criticizing works of art. Teaching in this field is based on learning in small groups, individual training and group work.
Courses taught in this workshop:
Basics of graphics: increasing students' sensitivity to visual elements and color and understanding the rules governing them
Page Layout: Getting to know and acquire skills in page layout and its application in graphic design
Imagery: creating the necessary skills to recognize and implement different imaging techniques, both manual and digital
Sign design
Poster design
Packaging Design
Environmental graphic design
Motion graphic design
Advertising design
Design for virtual space
Visual identity design
The activities of manual printing workshops briefly include:
Xylography printing includes activities such as embossed prints, which are engraved with special caves for any material, such as wood or linoleum, etc., which after compound engraving with rollers are placed on the engraved plate (stereotype) and placed by the press machine in color with several Stereotype or monochrome is printed. Each print must be reproduced in the desired number with equal quality and value, or it must be done as mono print and unique.
halcography printing (Chalcography) includes activities such as gravure prints that are engraved with special engraving caves on metals such as iron, aluminum, zinc, brass, plexiglass and copper (preferably copper and plexiglass in this workshop) directly or indirectly (using Corrosives such as acid) is done and then inking on the cliché is printed on a special gravure printing cardboard by a press machine in color with several clichés and monochrome with a cliché of equal quality and value in the desired number and reproduced or in unique form print the manuscript.
Serigraphy printing includes activities such as printing with a stencil, where the desired design is transferred on the stencil mesh by photographic method. The prepared stereotype can be printed in color with several stencils or monochromatic with one stencil of equal quality and value in the desired number with special colors and materials on paper, glass, ceramic, stone, fabric, plastic, etc. Or it can be printed as unique and mono print.
An example of silo graphy printing:
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ResearchThe faculty members of the Graphic department are interested in research in their specialized field, and these researches are often done in the form of presenting articles in domestic and international conferences and seminars, as well as in the form of guidance for students' final projects.
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PublicationJournal of Interdisciplinary Research of Art
The book " Iranian Ideengarhai authored by Dr. Hossein Abeddoost, Assistant Professor of Graphics Department, was published by Gilan University Press.This book has studied the emergence of linear symbols in ancient Elamite culture.
The cover image of six sides of art magazine designed by students of graphic
