{"id":24164,"date":"2022-04-01T14:33:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/?page_id=24164"},"modified":"2025-06-17T13:28:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:28:51","slug":"unapologetically-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/unapologetically-design\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide\" style=\"top-margin:-50px\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/12\/mgxd-landing-page.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"Join a storied, top-ranked graphic &amp; experience design masters program that's technologically-fueled and future-driven.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide\" id=\"form-2\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-12 col-sm-12\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/MGXD-Studio-Landing1a_web2.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 25% 25%; \" alt=\"graphic design vr image\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"padding:20px\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top:-5px\">Request Information<\/h3>\n<div id=\"form_9229b485-cc07-4154-b9ac-88f012df5789\">Loading&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/applygrad.ncsu.edu\/register\/?id=9229b485-cc07-4154-b9ac-88f012df5789&amp;output=embed&amp;div=form_9229b485-cc07-4154-b9ac-88f012df5789\">\/**\/<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"padding:20px;background-color:#2f3192\">\n<h1 style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:48px\">Connect with Industry via<br \/>\nIn-Studio Collaborations<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/MGXD-Landing_2a.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 25% 25%; \" alt=\"vr virtual display in hunt library\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/Glitch_pattern_line.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"glitch pattern\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide\" style=\"background-color:#e02027\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12\" style=\"padding:20px\">\n<h1 style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:48px\" align=\"left\">Unequivocally UX\/UI. 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