Design reaches new heights with AOD in Kandy
AOD, which offers Design Degrees from Northumbria University, UK will be opening the doors to their dedicated design education centre in Kandy, offering a pathway programme to globallyrecognized design degree qualifications.
Why does Sri Lanka need Design?
We live during an age when creative thinking is as important as literacy or digital savviness to make it in the business world. This has made it incredibly important to make design education accessible to young people all over Sri Lanka. Design—the professional practice where creativity and commercial relevance converge, has been steadily climbing the job rankings, becoming one of the most indemand professional paths out there today.
AOD—Sri Lanka’s most influential creative authority and pioneering private design educator has announced the opening of its campus in Kandy within this context where creative literacy and design professionalism have never been more important to the nation. AOD Kandy is the first place to offer AOD’s highly- respected creative education model outside Colombo. AOD in Kandy will of f e r Foundation Design Studies through a multicultural faculty of local and international designers and creative professionals. AOD Kandy will open its doors to creative young minds in the hill country this October, with open registrations for Design Foundation Studies and a short- term Fundamentals in Digital Photography programme.
How has AOD enabled design education and innovation over the years?
AOD emerged 17 years ago as an educator of young minds through Design education, building a crea- tive force in Sri Lanka which has taken the creative industry in the country to great heights.
Continued on page 2
AOD—Sri Lanka’s most influential creative authority and pioneering private design educator has announced the opening of its campus in Kandy within this context where creative literacy and design professionalism have never been more important to the nation. AOD Kandy is the first place to offer AOD’s highly-respected creative education model outside Colombo. AOD in Kandy will offer Foundation Design Studies through a multicultural faculty of local and international designers and creative professionals.