Level 3 Design

Teacher in Charge:  Mrs Tracey Ryan
tryan@wdsg.school.nz

Course description:
The Level 3 Design course requires students to create an individually-driven design brief. Students will research, ideate, explore and evaluate their own design themes to create a portfolio of design solutions to communicate a final outcome. Students will investigate traditional and contemporary designers' work to inspire and extend their own ideas, using critical evaluation to further explore and extend their own designs. Projects involve the use of Adobe software combined with hand generated processes. Students are expected to expand their computer skills related to Design, particularly the use of Adobe software. For courses in Design, the school will install the necessary Adobe software programmes on students' laptops for the year. Independent work habits, and creative and critical thinking, are important skills that students develop in this course. Tuition and guidance are provided regularly as students follow a systematic process through the development of their design work. 

Course of study:

• Create designs using hand-generated techniques and Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). The school provides access to Adobe software on student laptops. Students must have laptops that meet the software's minimum requirements.

• Use wet and dry media to generate imagery.

• Build practical skills.

• Develop a series of works based on your personal theme.

• Study established designers to gain insight into traditional and contemporary design practice.

• Individualised learning programme.

• Design in a real life situation.