Nearly everything you buy and nearly every product you use has seen the involvement of an artist or designer at some stage.
The main areas of Art and Design are:
3 Dimensional Design: designing and producing items ranging from jewellery to furniture
Textile or Fashion Design: designing or clothes
Fine Art: creating pictures, objects or designs for decoration
Graphic Design: creating designs, usually on a computer to get a message across
Interior Design or Display: designing interior layouts for homes and commercial premises or creating displays of goods for shops or exhibitions
Photography is both a creative and technical process, used to get a message across. It is used in areas such as medicine, newspapers, fashion and crime detection. Opportunities exist for general photography and technical work.
Throughout the area of Art and Design there is a wide range of employment opportunities, such as for Furniture Designer, Costume Designer, Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Exhibition Designer and Photographer.