Design Your Future in Art & Design at THE ONE ACADEMY, MALAYSIA

Communication Design is a field of remarkable diversity. It affects to a good extent almost everything around us. Everything you see, buy and enjoy has been designed. Posters, TV and radio commercials, movie special effects, cartoons, music videos, CD-ROMs, newspapers, magazines, websites, illustrations -- the list is endless.

The communication demands posed by the promotion of an almost infinite range of products and services, within a diverse society, are formidable and extremely challenging. These exciting industries are undergoing rapid growth in the Asian region and growth in the Asian region and educational institutions are making the education of new skills a top priority in their curriculum. The benefits of these creative technological skills are equally increasing.

The spectrums of jobs offered in this sector are promising, professionally respectable and highly paid career opportunities to creative individuals.

Since its establishment in 1991, The One Academy of Communication Design, as a private higher education institution that provides training in art & design, strives to prepare these creative individuals that satisfies international standard. The learning components taught at The One Academy contribute to the students initiative, ambition and creativity, enabling them to practice more effectively as a professional artist or designer.

Through its vast experience, The One Academy develops and promotes regional education and training in the field of communication design, making a name for its self as one of the best art & design institution in the Asian region.

In accordance with The One Academys philosophy of exposing and acclimatizing students to a realistic working environment, the academys premises is thoughtfully furnished to provide for the needs of young creative mind, encouraging study and instilling professional values.

In addition to functional classrooms and studios, the academy is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, such as reference library and fully-equipped computer graphics laboratories and multimedia studios, all of which have access to the internet.

The premises also house an auditorium with surround sound system and theatrical lightings for industry lecturers. Apart from that, there is a Fine Arts Room where students can do their paintings and illustrations.

For students doing multimedia or animation productions, the Video Editing Lab is equipped with the latest hardware and software such as video editing machines, digital video camera, blue screens and all other equipments used in todays creative industry.

The computer labs at The One Academy are amongst the best computer training centers in the Asian region that is used essentially for computer fundamental courses. During classes, every student has their own computer terminal to work on their projects and assignments. The hardware and software are also constantly updated to provide only the best training facilities for young creative minds.

Besides the impressive facilities, The One Academys courses are comparable to some of the best international Art & Design schools. Students of the academy have won many awards and have achieved excellent results through its unique curriculum. Among the awards won are the Best of MVA and Best Experimental Video (Animation) -- Amateur Category at the Malaysian Video Award 2000, Gold and Bronze Awards in the Association of Accredited Advertising Agencies (4As)s Kancil 2000 Students Awards Category and the Top Overall Award for the Creative Student Category in the international Long Xi Creative Award 2000.

The curriculum at The One Academy prepares students to be all-rounded in theory and in though, embodying education to develop the whole person. This philosophy is reflected in the impressive results of our students practical work as well as in our students award-winning projects," says Tatsun Hoi, Joint Managing Director and Principal of The One Academy.

The industry professionals themselves, Tatsun added, teach the curriculum.

It is a practice of ours where we invite the top professionals of the trade to conduct lectures to the students. This is because we believe that in order to become a master, you need to be trained by a master. This concept has indeed worked very well for all our students."

Under its Diploma in Communication Design, The One Academy offers five majors -- Multimedia Design, Digital Animation, Advertising & Graphic Design, Illustration & Comics and Interior Design. There are three intakes every year -- January, May and August.

For more information, call 603-7375510; fax 603-7375508 or email to enquiry@TheOneAcademy.com. You may also visit its website at www.TheOneAcademy.edu.my.