The Three Design Fields

Key Features of the Environmental, Industrial Design and Communication Design.

Design Examples
Communication Needs(What the client wants)
Conventions and Knowledge (What you need to know how to do)
Methods
Final Presentations

Example Case Study TASK

Read pages 14-18 and answer questions above in your Google Drive

Randal Marsh: The Australian Pavillion China (Environmental Design)

Social, ethical, financial and environmental factors can affect a design or design process. These factors can affect design decisions including the choice of materials, methods and media. Discuss one factor that affected a design decision or choice made by Randal Marsh during the design process of the Expo Pavilion.
When working on the Expo Pavilion, Randal Marsh worked with other designers and/or specialists. Select two designers/specialists and discuss how they would have contributed to the project.
What research/inspiration was used in the design process of the Australian Pavillion? Explain how this is evident in the final design.

Environmental Design Example.pdf

Group Task

In Groups, choose a design field: Environmental, Industrial or Communication. Using your notes and all the resources on Google Classroom construct a table/poster or document to cover the following factors.

Copy of Copy of Visual Communication Design Design Industry.mp4

Where and how does the designer work?
The role of the client in the design process
What role does the brief play? Where does the designer get there research/inspiration from?
What specialists are involved in the design process?
What methods, materials and media do they use in their design process?
How do they evaluate their work
What factors influence design decisions? Ethical, cultural, legal, financial or environmental.
How does the designer work in respect to copyright and legal obligations?

Specialists

A specialist is a person who has equipment and resources and/ or knowledge and skills beyond that of a designer, whom the designer employs to build overall capacity in the development, refinement and/ or resolution of a design solution.

TASK

For this task, you need to understand what specialists do and what they do in each design field.

Question 1: Which specialists are used in each design field?

Industrial:

Environmental:

Communication:

Question 2: What skills do specialists bring to the design field?

Industrial design specialists in this field provide….

Environmental design specialists in this field provide….

Communication design specialists in this field provide….

Question 3: How do specialists collaborate in a design process?

Create a table. Under each design process explain what they do at each meeting

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