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Bad Logos Made Good! Logo Design Process by Will Paterson shows the viewers how to train critical analysis of logo designs and find creative ways to make it look perfect. The course wins in our first online March poll about The Best Logo Tutorial by How to Architect.

The other entries in the pole were:

• Abstract Logo Tutorial | Adobe Illustrator CC by Will Paterson. In this video Will Patterson dwells on abstract iconography logo design.
• 5 MIND BLOWING Logo Design Tips by Will Paterson. Will Paterson introduces 5 essential skills every logo designer can find useful in their work.
• How To Mood Board For a Logo Design by Will Paterson. Have you ever wondered how a logo design is created? It all starts with a mood board. Find out how Will Paterson’s inspirational mood board looks like.
• How To VECTORISE Your Logo Lettering by Will Paterson, Graphic Designer. In this video a logo designer Will Paterson shows how he vectorises his hand lettering and pick out the best design.

University of California – Berkeley – has won in our second offline March poll about the Best School with Environmental Architecture Degree in the US. It gained more points than other highly-regarded universities that offer degrees in that discipline:

• Cornell University in Ithaca, NY
• Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA
• University of Minnesota – Twin Cities in Minneapolis, MN
• University of Washington in Seattle, WA
• North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC
• University of California in Irvine, CA

BE OPEN Academy Poll. Best Master Degree in Jewelry Art
University of Gothenburg, Sweden, wins our online poll about the best Jewelry Art Master degree. It has gained more votes than other highly-regarded universities that offer Master degrees in this discipline:

·       Royal College of Art, London, UK

·       Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, USA

·       Istituto Europeo di Design

·       University of the Arts London, UK

BE OPEN Academy Poll. Best Fashion Design Course in a USA University
According to the visitors of the BE OPEN Academy platform, the best Fashion Design course in a USA university is offered by Parsons School of Design, NYC.
The other contestants in the poll were:

·       Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC

·       Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston

·       Maine College of Art, Portland

·       Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus

According to the visitors of the BE OPEN Academy platform, the best online course in Game Design offered by California Institute of Arts is Character Design for Video Games, which explores concepts and approaches involved in creating successful character designs that can be applied to video games.
The other entries in the poll were:

• Introduction to Game Design that introduces primary concepts of gaming, and explores how these concepts affect the way gamers interact with our games
• World Design for Video Games that investigates key components of environment and level design as well as strategies designers use to define gameplay
• Story and Narrative Development for Video Games that examines how storytelling acts as a vital mechanism for driving video gameplay forward
• Game Design Document: Define the Art & Concepts that guides you to distill and improve the foundational aspects of your game

UX Research at Scale Surveys, Analytics, Online Testing offered by Michigan State University has won in our online pole about the best short (up to 4 weeks) online course in UX/UI Research and Design. The course provides an overview of survey methodology from the perspective of UX research.
The other entries in the pole were:

• • User Experience Research & Prototyping by University of California San Diego
  • User Research and Design by University of Minnesota
  • UX Design Fundamentals by California Institute of Arts

UX Design Process Simplified from User Research to Usability by Udemy

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University wins our online poll about the best Art History course in a USA University.
The other entries in the poll were:

• • Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah
  • Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC
  • Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
  • Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City

According to the visitors of the BE OPEN Academy platform, the best Illustration course in a UK University is offered by University of the Arts London.
The other contestants in the poll were:

• The University of Edinburgh
• Teesside University, Middlesbrough, Darlington
• University of Brighton
• London Metropolitan University

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), USA has been voted by the visitors of the BE OPEN Academy platform to have the best Painting course in a non-European university.
The other contestants in the poll were:

• • Seian University of Art and Design, Japan
  • University of São Paulo, Brazil
  • Savannah College of Art and Design, USA
  • Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

According to the visitors of the BE OPEN Academy platform, best Landscape Architecture course by a university of Australia is taught in the University of Melbourne. It has gained more votes than other highly-regarded Australian universities that offer courses in this discipline:

• University of New South Wales
• University of Technology Sydney
• Queensland University of Technology
• Deakin University