DESI211-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019

Graphic Design 2A

45 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2019
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 1 March 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 10 May 2019

Description

Students will be introduced to developing technical competence in, and broad operational of, theoretical knowledge within the specialised studio discipline. Projects relating to the conventions and techniques of Graphic Design practice, participation in group meetings, critiques, reading groups and critical reflections, documentation of all work.

Students who pass DESI211 will have a broad understanding of the methodologies and technologies that define the medium of graphic design, including:
1. Relevant working software skills (Indesign and Photoshop);
2. An understanding of the historical trajectory and formal construction of modern typography;
3. 2D compositional expertise;
4. Complex typesetting and page layout;
5. The ability to negotiate complex (multiple format) textual information and create visual hierarchies;
6. Digital image reproduction for print; and
7. Have a broad understanding of the importance of ongoing contextual research, as well as how and where to begin accessing it.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students will learn a broad understanding of the methodologies and technologies that define the medium of graphic design, including:

  • Relevant working software skills (Indesign and Photoshop)
  • The historical trajectory and formal construction of modern typography
  • 2D compositional expertise
  • Complex typesetting and page layout
  • Negotiating complex (multiple format) textual information and creating visual hierarchies
  • Digital image reproduction for print
  • A broad understanding of the importance of ongoing contextual research, as well as how and  where to begin accessing it

Prerequisites

FINA103, or
by permission of the Head of the School of Fine Arts on the basis of at least 120 points from another degree, a collection of works and an interview (application information may be obtained from the Head of School). Entry to this course is limited.

Lecturer

Aaron Beehre

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,551.00

International fee $11,325.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 12

For further information see Humanities .

All DESI211 Occurrences

  • DESI211-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019
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