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</SPAN><FONT COLOR="#323298"><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.0px'><B>22 November, 2007<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>300 people attended the opening of the Australian Academy of Design’s 2007 graduate exhibition last night. <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>The exhibition of works by 27 by graphic design and visual arts students will be on<B> display until December 21 at the Academy at 220 Ingles St, Port Melbourne. The exhibition is open to the public Monday - Friday 9am-5pm <BR>
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Works on display range from hand-painted skateboards to light boxes set in a secluded curtained enclosure, and include paintings, drawings, folios and 3D installations.<BR>
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2007 students are the first to graduate with the Academy’s unique degree course. The Bachelor of Design Arts is available with major studies in Advertising, Graphic Design, Photo Media and Visual Arts. The three years of full time study equips students for a creative career in areas such as art direction, web design, photography, arts management, teaching, media director, theatre set design, film director, art archivist and many more.<BR>
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A new degree course in Fashion Design is also being developed for introduction at the Academy in 2008. The Diploma of Applied Fashion Design has a Pathway into the Bachelor of Design Arts at the end of the first year or second year of study. <BR>
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For more information please contact Sandra Boyd on 9676 9000 or visit www.designacademy.edu.au<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT COLOR="#00007B"><FONT FACE="Arial Narrow">Sandra Boyd<BR>
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<B>Australian Academy of Design<BR>
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</B>Campus<B> 220 Ingles Street Port Melbourne VIC<BR>
</B>Mail <B>PO Box 5200 South Melbourne </B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial Narrow"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11.0px'><B><FONT COLOR="#00007A">VIC </FONT><FONT COLOR="#00007B">3205 Australia<BR>
</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#00007B">Phone <B>+61 3 9676 9000 <BR>
</B>Fax <B>+61 3 9676 9066 <BR>
</B>Web <B>www.designacademy.edu.au <BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#00007A">Email </FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FE"><B><U>marketing@designacademy.edu.au</U></B></FONT><B><FONT COLOR="#00007A"> <BR>
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Registered Training Organisation No. 4656<BR>
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