Licensing and accreditation data
According decision Nr.2024/22-A by the Study Quality Commission from August, 28, 2024 study Direction "ART" is accreditate for 2 years till August, 27, 2026.
Place of implementation of the study program and language of instruction
BSA Design School was established in 1998, the first program licensing took place in 1999, and the name was obtained in 2007.
Study programs are implemented in accordance with the amendments to the Law on Education, which entered into force on January 1, 2019, regarding the languages of instruction in Riga bilingually and from 2022. in Latvian in day (full-time), evening and correspondence (part-time) departments.
BSA DS programs are taught by specialists with rich practical experience from Latvia and abroad.
Description of the profession
We are building the future.
A professional in the field of design knows how to plan and organize the work of his and related specialists using modern advanced technologies, he can develop a project and object or process visualization in digital format; he knows how to develop, process, stylize and radically change static graphic images and 3D objects (in printing, modeling, virtual and material environments and advertising), as well as dynamic graphic images (video, animation), prepare the technical documentation necessary for project implementation. In practice, he is able to formulate the task professionally and realize the formally constructive and artistic design of the project, using the possibilities of a wide range of modern technologies. He knows how to use his qualifications in design work in various fields: manufacturing, construction, information business, advertising and printing, virtual design, creative industries - fashion, entertainment and art, etc.
Special factors characterizing the work environment:
Organizationally – designers work both individually and in groups; use traditional, industrial, post-industrial and virtual technologies. In groups, they cooperate with specialists of related professions, and can also lead groups and integrate into various business schemes, from classic industry to creative industries and freelancers. Is able to work closely with the client and understand the needs of the target audience. The designer creates an artificial environment (objects and virtual), assessing the impact of its aesthetic, functional and technological properties and components on people, as well as ethnic, cultural-historical features in the context of the situation in the European-wide cultural space.
Special requirements when performing work tasks:
creative thinking in using the knowledge gained in the study process, the ability to intuitively find correct solutions to problems.
During the work at the BSA Design School, innovative study programs were created to learn a wide range of design areas, including user interface (UI / UX), as well as to simulate situations and usage scenarios in virtual and material (including 3D) environments. The acquired skills allow easy integration into complex projects related to the design and visualization of complex 3D objects of an architectural or industrial nature, graphic, animation / video and simulation processes, use scenarios in the virtual environment, for example: working in a team where one specialist develops the character of the character, the other - character movements and dynamics, the third – the environment, camera angles and situations, the fourth – visualization of the entire environment and a certain scene with full details, light, sounds, sequence, etc.
Content and specifics of the study program
Within the program, students learn the basic disciplines of the general humanitarian direction: history, psychology, the basics of visual communication, professional language, copyright. The disciplines provide a good foundational training in art and design. Students learn painting, drawing, composition, typography, color studies, computer graphics and other subjects. During the learning process, students mainly work with a computer in various graphic editors that are in demand on the labor market (vector graphics, raster graphics, animation, 3D, etc.).
The educational process includes professional practice, including with funding from EU funds (Erasmus+), during which the student consolidates the acquired knowledge and acquires skills for their practical use. Quality is guaranteed by an accredited study program, dynamically and rationally developing material and technical base and highly qualified teaching staff with extensive experience in the field of design. The teachers who created the School of Design are still working today. They are J. Kārklins, A. Nikitins, B. Stafecka, I. Kopeikina, A. Liskupa, M. Kopeikin, J. Timoshchenko.
They are also joined by younger lecturers - M.Linina, N.Pazuhina, G.Vanags, including BSA DS graduates G.Gūtmanis, K.Kazarjana, N.Maršakova, A.Koleda, Elabasiry Hassan Mostafa Mohamed Anwar and many others.
Thematic fields and subfields of studies:
practical – design of the environment, interior or their components;
practical – advertising design and communication
Statistics on graduate employment
Graduate survey "Employed in the field of design", data as of 09.2022
More than 163 (100%) graduates answered the question "Do you work in a profession?"
125 YES / 12 NO / 26 no answer
|
position or direction |
number of |
% |
|
freelance |
22 |
13,5 |
|
model makers |
8 |
4,9 |
|
interior design |
24 |
14,7 |
|
UX/UI graphics/print/advertising |
31 |
19 |
|
design management (managers or entrepreneurs of projects or structural units) |
29 |
17,8 |
|
not employed in the field of design |
11 |
6,7 |
|
is not the answer |
12 |
7,4 |
|
in total |
26 |
15,95 |
Many graduates have achieved significant successes and are known not only in Latvia, but also far beyond its borders.
Gints Gūtmanis - Founder, Art Director - PANIC studio https://www.fold.lv/en/2019/08/moving-forward-with-ambition-and-humor-panic/ The animation studio Panic has succeeded in proving that a small and talented team can make an impression on the sharpest minds in the advertising industry by using their marketing knowledge and a strategic approach. American Express, McDonalds, Colgate and Ernst & Young are only a few of the global brands who have chosen to work with this powerful Latvian company. Panic was created five years ago with an ambitious goal — to create outstanding, globally competitive animation. The studio's founder, multimedia designer Gints Gūtmanis, believed that it was possible to unite the creative potential of local illustrators, animators and 3D-specialists into one world-class studio. He was, and still is, convinced that animation is one of the strongest forms of storytelling where imagination knows no boundaries. Gūtmanis largely gained his animation skills in practice garnering experience over many years by working in various advertising, design and digital services agencies.
Nataļja Maršakova
BSA DS lecturer, graphic designer,
Kristiana Lepse / Kazarjana
BSA DS lecturer, Latvian Union of Designers board member, interior coordinator. Interior design. Decorative painting of premises. Applied graphics.
Inna Moreva (Adameņa)
Illustrator / designer "Arcana"
Dmitrijs Morevs
Frank - the first taxi robot in the world CEO
London Frank - the first taxi robot in the world CEO & Founder
Limassol International taxi community Arcana CEO and founder · Riga
Leduskrasta-Buša Ilze
Architectural light design LED LAB Ltd. owner
Ieva Paleja
Leading manager of WMT Baltic UZLEX
Natālija Mitina
architect, designer,
manager of the "Koncepcija" studio,
Member of the Latvian Designers Union,
LDS Board member,
books «57 ways to attract customers. Marketing and interior designers» author.
Žanete Auziņa
fashion artist, founder of the brand "Žanete Auziņa",
editor of the Internet magazine "Confess".
Tatjana Rjabinkina
Designer of the brand Just5, director of product development.
2009 Just5 CP09 won iF Product Design Award,
2010 Just5 CP10 won iF Product Design Award gold award.
2009 – Brand Just5 – in the Grand Prix nomination "New name" in the competition BEST BRAND / EFFIE,
2010 Just5 CP11 won Red Dot bonus.
Jānis Liepiņš
I have been drawing psd designs for web pages for major agencies in lv for years: http://be.net/liepins But I have been in sports design for 5 years. For all national teams of Latvian hockey, for the Latvian hockey federation, as well as for the world championships in hockey held in LV, etc. I even designed the Latvian national team at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Plus, a large part of the work is drawing professional psd presentations for clients.. and I also have about 500 unique designs in the merch by amazon USA print on demand service,.. so you can buy shirts drawn by me all over the world on amazon.. From the course, Rolands Jansons and Ieva Chernišova, who work at Accenture, are currently active in design.
Contacts:
Director of the BIA Design School
Head Assistant of Design School
Office Hours:
Tuesday 14:00-16:00
Thursday 16:00-18:00
