Undergraduate Course: Design Studio 1 - Graphic Design (DESI07039)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This course introduces students to a range of design practices through a series of projects enabling the development of fundamental creative and technical skills. Students are encouraged to develop a personal direction through making, evaluating, presenting and reflecting.
The aims of the course are:
1. To introduce fundamental creative methods, techniques and approaches in response to project briefs
2. To encourage curiosity and a sense of risk taking
3. To introduce the fundamental materials and associated processes |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design. |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- RESPOND: Demonstrate creative responses to project briefs.
- DEVELOP: Demonstrate a range of fundamental skills and knowledge of processes and materials, through creative projects.
- REALISE: Evaluate a body of research work and select suitable concepts for realisation in an appropriate form.
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Reading List
Graphic Design
- Lupton, E. Thinking with Type. New York : Princeton Architectural Press (2004)
- Weingart, W. Typography : My Way to Typography ; Retrospective in Ten Sections. Zurich, Switzerland : Lars Muller Publishers (2014)
- Gill, B. Forget all the rules you ever learned about graphic design, including the ones in this book. New York : Watson-Guptill Publications (1981) |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Mary Asiedu
Tel: 0131 221 6110
Email: m.asiedu@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Gill Lowther
Tel:
Email: glowther@ed.ac.uk |
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