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AOD Graphic Design Department powered with latest Apple iMac techonology
The Academy of Design (AOD), Sri Lanka’s foremost creative educator, not only offers internationally accepted design degrees from one of Europe’s top five design schools; Northumbria University School of Design, but also ensures that AOD students receive a creative exposure similar to those offered at top UK universities along with the state of the art studio facilities to match.
Recently, the AOD Graphic Design studio was upgraded with the latest Apple iMAC computers as a measure to connect students with the best available technology on the planet.
Apple iMacs are recommended and used by international graphics professionals in illustration, motion graphics, web design etc. and Apple’s great font and colour handling and bright displays make them ideal for design work. The Mac has long been considered the computer for graphic design, and the systems have historically been known to be the best for going from screen to print, something graphic designer’s need to do for every printed project.
There are also many great third-party tools available for the Mac for design and project management.
AOD Graphic department trains students in advertising industry relevant modules including typography, promotional graphics, illustration, applied photography, packaging, digital media, corporate identity, printmaking, communication in design and more.
AOD’s aim is to give South-Asian students tools and support needed to become world-class professionals in advertising and graphic design.
‘Island Craft’ – Inspiring Fashion From Rural Sri Lanka
Published on : The Sunday Leader
- Special Fashion Show at SLDF 2011
The third annual Sri Lanka Design Festival (SLDF) scheduled for November, features a fascinating line-up of events including a series of fashion shows.
Among these, one of the most inspirational and interesting fashion shows of the festival is the Island Craft fashion show: featuring handloom, batik and beeralu lace and other crafts from across the island, and highlights the creativity and skill of each artisan community through couture collections with contemporary design input from the Academy of Design (AOD).
Currently, the handloom weaving artisans in Marthamunai – Ampara and Eruvil in Batticaloa are preparing newly designed textile collections for the Island Craft fashion show at the upcoming Sri Lanka Design Festival. In the North, another group of artisans are preparing for the show in Mulaittivu with the help of the Norwegian Embassy Cultural division where AOD has conducted a design and skill development programme for 20 women and introduced them to knitwear and this too is due to be showcased as part of the island craft fashion show at the festival. Batik artisans from the central province and beeralu lace makers from Dikwella, are also preparing special collections for the fashion show. The unique textile weaving industry in Divulapitiya-Gampaha, where the use of machine thread in the handlooms to create exquisite textiles is seen, is another fascinating segment of the show.
In addition the Island Craft fashion show will also include dazzling collections from Sri Lankan fashion designers; Dharshi Keertisena, Kasuni Ratnasuriya, Terin Gabbalage, Kandygs, Yolanda Aluvihare and Prabath Samarasooriya. The Sri Lanka Design Festival is due to be held from November 16-20 and the outcomes of all the above projects are to be showcased at the upcoming Design Festival at the Island Craft fashion show, exhibition and a specially curated pop up store.
Sri Lanka apparel industry fashion show enters new era in design at SLDF 2
Sri Lanka Apparel is consolidating its presence as South Asia’s Apparel Hub. Design needs to be integrated and whilst leading in sustainability, Sri Lanka must also lead in design in South Asia. Many international retailers stressed the need for design at SLDF’s South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum last Friday, and Sri Lanka is already on it.
Sri Lanka’s award winning apparel manufacturing and backward integration industry displayed their creative talent and new design collaborations on the international fashion ramps of SLDF.
