Graphic Design

In the Graphic Design department, students are taught how to make the messages of the surrounding world visible. This could also be seen as learning how to communicate visually. Many resources are used in this process: type, signs, colours, pictures, moving pictures, composition, form, etc.

SUVA Type Foundry is a platform for fonts designed by students, alumni and faculty at the Department of Graphic Design.

The department publishes a monthly letter format publication Dear Friend covering design events, issues and ideas. The publication distributed via snail mail is edited by Sandra Nuut and Ott Kagovere.

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“Dancing with the Stars!” at EKA Billboard Gallery 3.02.–2.03.2025

DANCING WITH THE STARS! EKA Billboard Gallery 3.02.–2.03.2025 Open 24/7, free Opening: 3.02.25 at 5 pm Dancing with the Stars! exhibition showcases the designed letters and the process of the class Typography I. During 14 weeks several exercises and experimentations were carried out, drawing was done both by hand and on the computer, using toilet paper, towels, foam and even a metal engraver. ...
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Graphic Design MA programme online info session 2025

EKA Graphic Design MA program invites prospective students to join the online info session on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 17:00 EET (local Estonian time). This will be an opportunity to hear more about the program, to meet and ask questions directly from the faculty. The online info session will be hosted on Zoom, the link will be e-mailed to all registrants 2 hours before the start of the ...
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Open Lecture by Honorary Doctor Linda van Deursen

On Wednesday, November 6 at 4:00 p.m., the newly elected EKA honorary doctor prof. will hold an open lecture in hall A101. Linda van Deursen.  Linda van Deursen is a graphic designer based in the Netherlands. Together with Armand Mevis, she founded the studio Mevis & van Deursen in 1987, which has collaborated with various cultural institutions: their partners have included the ...
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The 4th Issue of Leida “Care After Care” Brings Care into Focus

On June 14, the new issue of the design journal Leida titled “Care after Care” was published. The issue looks at care and how to provide it through different practices and perspectives. “Care after Care” asks how designers can take better care and what tools they can provide, so all the rest could also take care of themselves or others. Care is not something that can be neglected. Care should ...
What is Research

Visual Communication Symposium: What is Research? 2.-3. November 2023

We invite you to the annual Visual Communication Education in Nordic and Baltic countries network meeting and symposium. This year the topic is research. Research often means many different things – visual research, academic research, practice based research or market/target group research.   In education students are often asked to research a topic before they start a project. This can vary ...
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EKA GD alumnus Aimur Takk created a new special font for Tallinn Music Week

GD alumnus Aimur Takk has designed a new special font for the ever growing Tallinn Music Week festival in order to enhance the festival's visibility in the coming years. The font has both Latin and Cyrillic letters. Festival's visual identity was created by the design studio AKU.