{"id":362,"date":"2020-05-20T13:08:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T17:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:56:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:56:29","slug":"graphic-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic &amp; Experience Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our program continues to have great success preparing students for careers in user experience and user interface design (UX\/UI), an area of growth and opportunity. Our students engage in digital prototyping, typography, user research, and service design. We create interfaces, digital products, and information visualizations that are embedded in larger experiences. Students learn human-centered research methods to ensure that these experiences focus on user needs and desires, thus empowering the people who interact with them. The NC State Bachelor of Graphic and Experience Design (BGXD) is consistently recognized as one of the top NASAD accredited design programs in the country. Alumni are designers in software companies and leading design firms (such as IBM, Red Hat, SAS, Lenovo, Citrix, IQVIA, Pentagram, IDEO, Willowtree, and R\/GA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Graphic &amp; Experience Designers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visualize, prototype, and produce digital products, websites, apps, identity systems, and wayfinding.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Envision and promote healthy human-machine teaming with AI.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employ human-centered research methods to understand and inform design decisions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop strategies and systems for making experiences more accessible to users.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collaborate with other experts, such as software engineers, ethnographers, data scientists, psychologists, and project managers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore emerging technologies\u2014data visualization, virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-featured-content ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-two-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n             <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-featured-content\"><a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-image with-cta\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/academics\/bachelor\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-23682\"\n            alt=\"students working on daela project\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/06\/MVIMG_20191107_132455.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; 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object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">July 21, 2026<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Re:purposed Explores the Future of Industrial Design<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">A new documentary, re:purposed \u2014 the evolution of industrial design, explores how the field is moving beyond mass production toward collaboration, empathy, systems thinking and sustainability. Co-produced by NC State College of Design department head Audrey Barnes and filmmaker John Trice, the film brings together designers, educators and industry leaders to examine the profession\u2019s past, present and future.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/2026\/07\/14\/investing-in-future-designers\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-25655\"\n            alt=\"Mac Dameron used her funding to purchase an iPad, an essential tool for bringing her animations to life.\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/07\/mac-dameron-18-web.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">July 14, 2026<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Investing in Future Designers<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Through essential funding and a community of mentors and peers, the Design Pathways Program supports design students in need of financial aid, empowering them to achieve their academic goals.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/2026\/07\/09\/a-decade-of-vision-ten-years-of-transformative-leadership\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-25651\"\n            alt=\"Chancellor Howell and Dean Hoversten in front of LED wall in virtual production lab\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/07\/vpl-3.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">July 09, 2026<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">A Decade of Vision: Ten Years of Transformative Leadership<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Over the past decade, Dean Hoversten has led the NC State College of Design through a period of growth, expanded impact and deepened community.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"see-student-work\">See Student Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See more examples of student work here:&nbsp;<a 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