Visual Communication Design cont’d

exposure to the cultures and traditions of design practice, students learn how designers visually communicate ideas and information when designing for people, communities and societies. They develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions required of a multidisciplinary designer who is a reflective, responsible and empathetic practitioner equipped with agency and initiative.

Aims

This study enables students to:

• work independently and in collaboration to find, reframe and address human-centred design problems and opportunities. apply a design process to discover, define, develop and deliver design solutions. develop divergent and convergent thinking strategies.

• understand conceptions of good design.

• develop and apply skills in drawing and making, using a range of media, materials, methods and techniques. manipulate the design elements and principles to communicate ideas and information.

• apply ethical, legal, sustainable and culturally appropriate design practices.

• understand design’s influence, and the influences of design in past, present and future contexts, including economic, technological, cultural, environmental and social factors.

• deliver and receive critical feedback using appropriate design terminology.

Structure

UNIT 1: Finding, Reframing And Resolving Design Problems

Reframing Design Problems

Solving Communication Design Problems

Design’s Influence and Influences on Design

UNIT 2: Design Contexts And Connections

• Design, Place and Time

• Cultural Ownership and Design

• Designing Interactive Experiences

UNIT 3: Visual Communication in Design Practice

Professional Design Practice

Design Analysis

Design Process: Defining Problems and Developing Ideas

UNIT 4: Delivering Design Solutions

Design Process: Refining and Resolving Design

Concepts

Presenting Design Solutions

Students complete: two written SACs four SATS researching, planning, and designing in Units 1 and 2. two written SACs, and one SAT researching, planning, and designing in Units 3 and 4.

Further information on the study design can be found at:

VCE Visual Communication Design Study

Design 2024 - 2028