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Unit 1: VCD
In this unit students are introduced to the practices and processes used by designers to identify, reframe and resolve human-centred design problems. They learn how design can improve life and living for people, communities and societies, and how understandings of good design have changed over time. Students learn the value of human-centred research methods, working collaboratively to discover design problems and understand the perspectives of stakeholders.
Areas of Study:
● AOS 1: Reframing Design Problems
● AOS 2: Solving Communication Design Problems
● AOS 3: Design’s Influence and Influences on Design
Unit 2: VCD
Unit 2 builds on understandings of visual communication practices developed in Unit 1. Students draw on conceptions of good design, human-centred research methods and influential design factors as they revisit the VCD design process, applying the model in its entirety. Practical tasks across the unit focus on the design of environments and interactive experiences. Students adopt the practices of design specialists working in fields such as architecture, landscape architecture and interior design, while discovering the role of the interactive designer in the realm of user-experience (UX).
Areas of Study:
● AOS 1: Design, place and time
● AOS 2: Cultural ownership and design
● AOS 3: Designing interactive experiences
Unit 3: VCD
In this unit students explore and experience the ways in which designers work, while also analysing the work that they design. Through a study of contemporary designers practising in one or more fields of design practice, students gain deep insights into the processes used to design messages, objects, environments and/or interactive experiences. They compare the contexts in which designers work, together with their relationships, responsibilities and the role of visual language when communicating and resolving design ideas.
Areas of Study for both Unit 3 & 4
● AOS 1: Professional design practice
● AOS 2: Design analysis
● AOS 3: Design process: defining problems and developing ideas
Unit 4: VCD
In this unit students continue to explore the VCD design process, resolving design concepts and presenting solutions for two distinct communication needs. Ideas developed in Unit 3, Outcome 3 are evaluated, selected, refined and shared with others for further review. An iterative cycle is undertaken as students rework ideas, revisit research and review design criteria defined in the brief. Manual and digital methods, media and materials are explored together with design elements and principles, and concepts tested using models, mock-ups or prototypes.
Areas of Study for both Unit 3 & 4
● AOS 1: Design process: refining and resolving concepts
● AOS 2: Presenting design solutions
Study Score Contribution
Unit 3 Assessments 25%
School Assessed Task 40%
End of Year Exam 35%
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