Design Desk Computer Workshops

Design Desk has been offering computer workshops and full-day customized training sessions for over fifteen years. Our computer lab is located in the Gaithersburg Rockville area of Maryland. View Directions

Monthly computer classroom workshops are available in: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator Adobe Dreamweaver and Adobe Photoshop. For more information click on the Adobe application icon. Refer to the Workshops page for general information regarding the workshops, or refer to a general topic areas such as Page Design, Web Design or Photoshop. If you know when you would like to take your training go to Schedule or Calendar-at-a-Glance and click on the workshop name.

Photoshop Workshops

Design Desk Adobe Photoshop classes are broken down into three different categories, so that you are grouped with people who have similar interest and your training can be more geared toward your job tasks. The three workshops are: Photoshop for Web Graphics, Photoshop with Digital Cameras, and Photoshop for Photographers.

Seminars

Customized training seminars can be scheduled on each of Design Desk specific workshop applications, or specific topics such as scanning techniques, creating graphics for the web, or storing and editing digital images. View the promotional materials from a previous seminar done for Rogers Printing in Michigan by Design Desk.

On-site Training

An on-site training workshop would be where the instructor would come to your company location and each students would have their own computer for the training.

Photography

For four years from 2002 to 2005 Design Desk photographed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The images were displayed on our website as the festival took place. You can view Design Desk photos of the festival for each of the years: year 2002, year 2003, year 2004, year 2005. Also still available for viewing from the Smithsonian is their websites regarding each of the years: the 2002 Smithsonain Folklife Festival, the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the 2004 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and the 2005 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The 2002 Smithsonian Folklife festival was called the Silkroad and might be of particular interest since it included numerous exhibiting countries and was one of Smithsonian's larger folk-life festivals.

         

Photographers

Several of our students are professional photographers, and choose on-site training for individualized customized training. Design Desk then becomes a resource as a consultant for their photographic projects. Some of the photographers include: Paul Reginaldi of Underwaterphotographyinc, and Michael Orhelein of the Portrait Artist.

Website Design

Our webmaster, Casey Hitt, creates websites for clients and assist students in developing and formatting web pages. Some of her webdesigns include: University of Illinois Alumni Club, Washington, DC.; a corporate account of nVista; a record label, Official City Slicker Records; a night club Amazon nighclub; and for startup apparel company XXXVII.

Client and Student Links

To view client's and student's websites take a look at our Client Links page. You will also find some informational sites we like to share. One website whose name is similar to ours is The Design Desk newsletter. The site is for journalists and designers and shows examples of compelling visual & interactive techniques in print & online.