ALFA College Visits Thailand’s Silpakorn University
Lecturers and students of ALFA College’s School of Visual Communications recently visited Silpakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. It was a return trip for many of the visitors who had made an initial visit 12 months earlier. This year’s visit gave students and lecturers the chance to reacquaint themselves with old friends and to build new relationships.
One of Bangkok’s trendiest shopping malls, Siam Discovery Center provides fertile ground for finding fresh ideas from Thailand’s best designers. This slideshow showcases creative works of store displays, signage, typography as well as t-shirts and decorative accessories.
ALFA college recently hosted a workshop for SPM leavers interested in the Graphic Design and Multimedia diploma programmes. A panel of GD / MM graduates shared how their experiences at ALFA College helped them land their first jobs, advance their careers and establish their own business.
In this two-part video, Theng Lik Tat, Shermynn Low, Chia Mei Hee and Kartini Retnam share their views of:
the advantages each gained from their ALFA education
Visual Communications — Using Media to Deliver the Message
Ms. Ong Siew Guet, who serves as the Head of the School of Visual Communications, presents a brief overview of Visual Communications. She discusses the primary objective of visual communications which lays the foundation for the study and practice of graphic design and multimedia design.
“It’s all about the message you are presenting and then skillfully using the tools to deliver this message to your audience.” She provides clear industry examples to illustrate her point.
Over the years, ALFA students have enjoyed study trips organized by faculty members to various local and foreign sites of cultural and design interest. Local destinations have included:
Penang
Melaka
Langkawi
Cameron Highlands
Recent trips overseas have included:
Bangkok, Thailand
Melbourne, Australia
A multidisciplinary approach provides students and lecturers a chance to cross-pollinate their respective fields of study with new design influences and understanding. There are ample opportunities for students to talk with lecturers of other fields outside their primary field. Architecture students discuss design concepts with their multimedia design peers, while students of graphic arts probe their interior architecture class mates for furniture design ideas.