春天,本是播种的时节,但对于日本的大学来说,却正是一年中收获的季节。与绝大多数国家学校秋季入学相反,日本的学校每年4月1日为新学年的开始,至下一年3月31日结束。因此每年的1月至3月,便是日本各大美术院校上年度即2012年度的毕业作品展览季。笔者借今年年初赴日本东京电通总部研修访学之际,得以亲临位于东京的三所著名美术大学——东京艺术大学、武藏野美术大学和多摩美术大学,逐一参观了这三所美术大学的年度学生毕业作品展。鉴于笔者的专业背景为视觉传达设计,此行主要关注的是设计学科尤其是视觉传达设计专业的毕业作品。 Spring is the seeding season, but for Japan’s universities it is the season of harvest for the year. In contrast to most national schools entering the fall, the Japanese schools start April 1 each year as the new school year and end March 31 the following year. Therefore, from January to March of each year, it is the quarter of 2012 graduation exhibition of the major art schools in Japan. By visiting Japan’s Tokyo Denshi headquarters at the beginning of this year, I visited three prestigious art schools in Tokyo, the Tokyo Art University, Musashino Art University and Tama Art University, visiting the three art universities one by one Annual Student Graduation Exhibition. In view of the author’s professional background for visual communication design, the main focus of this trip is the design work, especially the visual communication design professional graduation works.