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Graduation Show 2005 by Ranga Chandrarathne An annual exhibition conducted by the students following the Bachelor of Design Course at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Moratuwa was held at the Gymnasium of the University of Moratuwa, recently. Besides providing a platform for the students to express their talent and creativity, this is a unique exhibition where multi-faceted talents blend to express in terms of products that are uniquely Sri Lankan in character while keeping to the international standards. This Bachelor of Design Course is the only University Course in product Design specialising in Ceramic, Fashion, Furniture, and Graphic Communication and Jewellery Design. This course produced Design Professionals who maintain cultural identity, international standards and quality. Design is everywhere; products of Design dominate our immediate visual environment. In the home and workplace, in schools, factories, shops, in public buildings, streets, and transport systems, these constitute the visual cultural landscape of everyday life, comprising in their totality a complex pattern expressing our collective perceptions and attitudes and sense of relationship. However, design is a manifestation of a process of human design, conception, judgment, and specification translated into tangible material reality. It can be the work of one person or a team working co-operatively; it may step from a burst of creative intuition, or from a judgment based on technical data or market research investigation and production facilities and prevailing social and aesthetic concepts. The process of creation involves an eventual synthesis of contributory and often conflicting factors into a concept of three-dimensional form, capable of multiple re-productions by mechanical means. Understanding how and why the objects that surround us as they are, the plurality of the forces and influences that have shaped its form and characterised its social role provides our own perception of the objects of our everyday life. This unique exhibition is the first of its kind in Sri Lanka providing an insight of truly Sri Lankan Design Professionals and a productive career path for talented youth. Many Sri Lankans are simply not aware of the opportunities available to them in pursuing a career in this fascinating field of design. The degree is a full time 4-year course covering the subject areas of Fashion and Textile Design, Ceramic Design, Furniture Design, Jewellery Design and Graphic Communication Design. |
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