Marbella Design Academy

Marbella Design Academy was founded in 1995 and has, after 24 years of experience, developed into the modern, excellent Academy we have today. • Institution state-recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Education. • Our Bachelor of Arts Validated programmes are Validated by University of Bedfordshire, who award BA (Hons) degrees to Marbella Design Academy graduates. Link to The University of Bedfordshire. • Situated in its own state recognised building living up to all the requirements given by the Ministry of Education in Spain. • Offering many interesting programmes such as: • Bachelor of Arts validated programmes in Interior Architecture & Design, Graphic Design & Media and Fashion Design & Manufacture. • Summer Courses • Foundation Courses Marbella Design Academy is an exclusive design school with a family-like atmosphere among students and staff who originate from around the world. The maximum number of places available is 230. The students receive a great deal of personal attention and one-to-one tuition from their teachers. We are constantly expanding and improving our curriculum to the latest marked demands. The atmosphere is energetic, creative and inspiring. We encourage our students to collaborate and experiment with their designs, in either small groups or with one-to-one tuition sessions with their tutor. Although the work is intensive, everybody collaborates in a casual, warm and informal atmosphere.

Bachelors Graphic Design & Media

When awarded your undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree by University of Bedfordshire, you can apply for a Master’s degree at any university of your choice.
Marbella Design Academy’s BA (Hons) validated programme in Graphic Design & Media, offers you the chance to explore graphic design through a variety of traditional and digital media. The curriculum is based around holistic project-based teaching that emphasises an approach to design practice informed by research and analysis. You will develop skills in design software, advertising, packaging, photography, drawing, printing, video, motion graphics, 3D within the context of visual communication.
Graphic Designers create visual representations of ideas and messages using type, symbols, layout and images. More than ever within this lively and competitive sector of the design industry, professional visual communicators require the skills to present messages in increasingly imaginative ways. Graphics designers also make a valuable contribution to society as catalysts for positive social, political and cultural change.
There is an emphasis on breadth of style and medium throughout this programme. You will explore many processes and techniques such as printing, photography, motion graphics, 3D design and image-making in the context of branding, editorial design, illustration and web/app design.
Graphic Design is one of the most far-reaching creative design disciplines. This innovative validated programme supplies you with all the skills you need to succeed in your future career as a professional Graphic Designer and visual communicator.
Being a Graphic Designer is a wonderful profession full of creativity and exciting assignments. As a professionally trained Graphic Designer enter a rewarding professional career and creative working life where no two days are the same.
At Marbella Design Academy students’ individualism and creative expression are nurtured to the extreme. Students benefit from culturally diverse professional tutors who provide them with an international perspective. Students´ also receive lots of one-to-one teacher attention and are taught to a very high academic level. The validated programme in Graphic Design & Media will equip you with the highest calibre of education in the Graphic design industry.
Throughout the course you will combine art and technology to communicate your ideas to others, assuming your position in the professional marketplace, with the necessary resources that will allow you to excel in this fast-paced design industry.
With a professional focus on visual communication and presentation, you will learn how to design everything from book covers, packaging, merchandising, advertising campaigns, corporate logos and lots more. Besides developing your freehand drawing skills, you will be taught how to use all the professional computer applications and software a Graphic Designer of today needs to know, such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier and After Effects. Advanced skills in these applications are a must for students to find employment, and at Marbella Design Academy you will be taught all these software packages from the first academic year.
The Graphic Design & Media programme also covers wider aspects of the graphic fields such as web design, marketing, video editing and 3D design.