GRAPHIC ARTS – MEDIA SECTOR IN GREECEGRAPHIC ARTS – MEDIA SECTOR IN GREECE Hellenic Open University, Graphic Arts-Multimedia / Athens TEI, Department of Graphic Arts Technology Presentation: Chris Trochoutsos / HOU Valentina Panioni - Almperti / TEI

Graphic Arts in the Greek Educational System

The Formal Educational System in Greece Nursery School (1-2 years) Primary School (6 years) Secontary School (Gymnasium) (3 years) High Schools (Luceums) & Vocational High Schools (Vocational Lyceums) (3 years) Vocational Schools (2 years) Universities & Technological Educational Institutions (TEI) Post graduate studies Centers of Post Secondary Education - KEME/Colleges Institutions of Vocational Training / ΙΕΚ Labour Market { Compulsory education { Secondary education Post Secondary education Tertiary education { { examinations

Graphic Arts Studies in the Educational System in Greece Vocational High Schools (Vocational Lyceums) Applied Arts Devision – Graphic Arts Specialty (3 years) Vocational Schools (ΟΑΕΔ) (2 years) Technological Educational Institutions (TEI) 2 Departments: Graphic Design & Graphic Arts Technology Post graduate studies Hellenic Open University - MA in Graphic Arts and Multimedia Centers of Post Secondary Education - KEME/Colleges Specialties of Graphic Designers Institutions of Vocational Training / ΙΕΚ Aplies Arts Devision, Specialties of Graphic Designers, Printers and Bookbinders Labour Market { Secondary education Post Secondary education Tertiary education { { examinations

Educational foundationTitle of ProgrammeNo of trained Persons Hellenic Open University (HOU) (2,5 years) MA in Graphic Arts & Multimedia Up to 60/year TEI of Athens (4 years)BSc in Graphic Arts Technology Up to 90/year TEI of Athens (4 years)BA in Graphic DesignUp to 90/year Colleges (ΚΕΜΕ) (3 years)MA in Graphic Design, Typography or Illustration and Book Design 4 colleges – up to 80/year Colleges (ΚΕΜΕ) (3 years)BA in Graphic Design8 colleges – up to 160/year IEK (2 years)Graphic Designers30 institutes – up to 500/year IEK (2 years)Offset Printers1 institute – up to 12/year IEK (2 years)Bookbinders1 institute – up to 12/year Vocational HighschoolsGraphic ArtsApprox. 30 schools – approx. to 450/year Vocational SchoolsGraphic Arts - Printing2 schools – up to 40/year Graphic Arts Programmes Offered in Greece

Educational foundationTitle of ProgrammeNo of trained Persons Hellenic Open University (HOU) (2,5 years) MA in Graphic Arts & Multimedia Up to 60/year TEI of Athens (4 years)BSc in Graphic Arts Technology Up to 90/year TEI of Athens (4 years)BA in Graphic DesignUp to 90/year Colleges (ΚΕΜΕ) (3 years)MA in Graphic Design, Typography or Illustration and Book Design 4 colleges – up to 80/year Colleges (ΚΕΜΕ) (3 years)BA in Graphic Design8 colleges – up to 160/year IEK (2 years)Graphic Designers30 institutes – up to 500/year IEK (2 years)Offset Printers1 institute – up to 12/year IEK (2 years)Bookbinders1 institute – up to 12/year Vocational HighschoolsGraphic ArtsApprox. 30 schools – approx. to 450/year Vocational SchoolsGraphic Arts - Printing2 schools – up to 40/year Graphic Arts Programmes Offered in Greece

Founded in 1973 The only Dept. in the Greek Tertiary Educational System that covers the whole GA production Approx graduates (35 graduates/year) Graphic Arts Technology Department TEI of Athens

Programme – Basic axis Basic lessons (Maths, Physics, Chemistry) Materials Prepress Printing (all methods) PostPress (Packaging, Bookbinding etc) Publishing Multimedia Management and Economics Safety & Environment Practice Diploma Thesis Graphic Arts Technology Department TEI of Athens

Laboratories Chem Lab (Chemistry & Materials) Color & Packaging Lab (Color, Packaging Development) Printing Lab (Offset, Flexo, New Printing Technologies, Packaging) Screenprinting Lab Prepress Lab (image processing, montage, prepress) Typography Lab (Graphic Design, Typography) Typesetting Lab (Electronic Typography, Multimedia) Bookbinding Lab (Bookbinding & BoardPackaging) also: Physics Lab (General Physics Department) Graphic Arts Technology Department TEI of Athens

Graphic Arts Technology Graduates Athens TEI Department YearNum. Of graduates YearNum. Of Graduates YearNum. Of Graduates YearNum. Of Graduates Total: Source: Politis Research

Labour Market Analysis of Graphic Arts Technologists (Athens TEI) Source: Politis Research OccupationYear 1998Year 2012 Professors – Tertiary Education2014 Teachers – Public Secondary Education4050 Teachers – Private Secondary & Postsecondary Education85100 Public Graphic Arts Plants6570 Sales Graphic Arts Agents4540 (est.) Prepress Companies11060 (est.) Offset Printing Plants3040 (est.) Publishing Groups3020 (est.) Freelancer – Prepress11080 (est.) Freelancer – Printing, Graphic Design, Publishing9060 (est.) Production control, Organization, Quality Control5440 (est.) Multimedia -30 (est.)

Further educational objectives of Graphic Arts Technologists Department (Athens TEI) Our main educational objectives are: i.To improve the level of education provided and to enhance the competitiveness of our students in the labor market. ii.To be able to offer at least one specialized masters program with strong research, laboratory and applied profile. iii.To be able to offer a a competitive intensive training program on new technological achievements in the area of GA for older graduates of the department.

Vocational Training: Hellenic Federation of Printing Media Communication & IEK INTERDIGITAL Starting in 1999 as a school of the Hellenic Federation of Printing Media Communication In 2004 a Collaboration with the Educational Group Intergraphics created a Vocational School for Offset Printing Technicians Duration: 2 years 36 Offset Printing Technicians were trained and Graduated untill most of them working in the GA industry

Hellenic Open University Founded in 2003 Distance learning programme 60 Masters students/year Approx. 140 graduates till now Duration: 2,5 years min/Part time programme

GRAPHIC ARTS-MULTIMEDIA (MASTER IN HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY) The only School within the Greek Universities that offers MA on the subject of Graphic Arts Four semesters of study, 1 year Research in innovative fields of graphic arts. Research at PhD level Art & Com/tion in Graphic Arts Graphic Arts Technology Informatics Multimedia Graphic Design

ART AND COMMUNICATION IN GRAPHIC ARTS The story of art History of graphic arts Traditional media, electronic media, multimedia Content management Media asset management Meaning of color Pablo Picasso, Spanish 1881–1973 Weeping woman 1937 oil on canvas, 55.0 x 46.0 cm

GRAPHIC DESIGN – IRENE MAVROMMATI Letters and fonts Basic templates Photography Semiotic analysis Commercial graphics Vector design Web design Mobile design Packaging design

GRAPHIC ARTS TECHNOLOGY – ANASTASIOS POLITIS Innovative techniques in -Prepress -Press -Postpress Printing methods Digital printing Variable Data Printing Business Administration / Management Lean Management

INFORMATICS, MULTIMEDIA – DIMITRIOS ZEVGOLIS Computer hardware Computer software Multimedia development software Production and multimedia design

A VERY CLOSE COOPERATIONA VERY CLOSE COOPERATION Quite active in Research projects in Europe (Erasmus cooperation, exchange teaching, staff training, exchange of students) Quite successful organization of the Erasmus MediaPro Intensive Programme (Athens, Berlin, Bern-CH) Cooperation taking advantage of long established research within the European graphic arts and media sector and among the graphic arts Universities in Europe Prof. Dim. Zevgolis and Dr Anast. Politis – stakeholders for the cooperation

Structure of the Greek graphic arts industry Pre-PressPrintingFinishing Digital prepress Color separation and digitization OffsetBookbinding Layout – text image graphic and page processing Rotogravure (only for flexible packaging materials) Paper carton and board processing MontageFlexographyBox manufacturing Output (film, CTP)Digital printing Greek enterprises in the Graphic Arts industry have followed the traditional division in the three main production areas of the sector, as it is presented in the following chart:

Enterprises of GA industry division Small traditional typographic shops (dry offset,offset printing) Pre-press enterprises Desktop publishing enterprises Graphic design, Graphic artists Offset printing plants with a printing plate making department. Flexography printing plants (both for flexible packaging materials and corrugated board) Rotogravure printing plants (only for flexible packaging materials) Bookbinder ‘s workshops / Binderies (production binding) Die-cutting and box- manufacturing companies Silk-screen printings with a lot of specializations (outdoor advertising, sign – making, advertisement items, textile printing) Enterprises specialized in varnishing coating, laminating and other specific processes Paper - board processing Label printing Continuous form printing

Graphic arts Greek market Olympic Games 2004

Graphic arts enterprises / employees (2005) Number of employeesNumber of enterprisesPercentage ,53% ,02% ,13% ,32% TOTAL %

Categorization (2005) Discussion about industry’s turnover Newspapers – Magazines Continuous form printed matters Advertising – Commercial Labels Board / Carton boxes Books Flexible packaging materials Other printed matters

Graphic arts enterprises / employees (2011) Number of employeesNumber of enterprisesPercentage ,97% ,53% ,98% ,51% TOTAL %

Trends in technology Increase of flexography printing, especially for flexible packaging materials. Gravure printing is restricted on package items, showing also a simultaneous increase and development of printing on flexible package materials. Domination of digital systems and processes in Prepress field. Development of digital printing by the installation of digital printing machines and systems (both for commercial printing and large/wide format printing).

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