Undergraduate Course: Design Research 4 (20-credit option - Graphic Design) (DESI10018)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course provides students with a variety of projects and criteria in order to consolidate their graphic design portfolio. Projects will differ in content, time frame, parameters, expectation, and skills required. As such, the course will allow students to navigate a path that adheres to their vision. Alongside some shorter live briefs there will be an extended period for self-generated independent project work. |
| Course description |
This course allows students to work on a range of practical projects with varying time frames throughout the academic year reflecting the process a graphic designer undertakes when faced with creative problems to solve. Students will undertake a deep exploration of themes related to each project undertaken. Its expected research will be analysed and questioned and communicated in a visual record throughout a project's lifespan.
The nature of the projects is wide-ranging and will change year upon year to keep abreast of contemporary themes, technology and trends. Typically these might be experimental, typographic, client-led live work and an extended period of self-generated independent project work.
Projects are devised to ensure that innovation and conceptual rigour are at the heart of the problem-solving process. Whilst maintaining and embracing experimentation and risk students are expected to produce highly resolved and detailed solutions which are communicated convincingly to a specified audience.
This Course will comprise multiple tasks and projects, leading to a final, summatively assessed submission of a body of work. The indicative structure of the course is outlined on Learn.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | course materials and study trips |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
| Course Start Date |
20/09/2021 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 25,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
160 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Summative Assessment
At the end of the Course you will submit the following:-
Body of research work related to 2 projects ¿
Typically this will be documented daily in sketchbook/blog format. The final research however will be uploaded to LEARN and presented as a 3-4 minute long film per project.
2 completed project solutions presented in a pdf assessment document (5-10 pages per project).
Formative Assessment¿
For this course you will produce:¿
Body of research work related to 1 project. Typically this will be documented daily in sketchbook/blog format (15-20 pages per project).
1 completed project solution presented in an assessment document (3-5 pages per project). |
| Feedback |
Formative feedback/feedforward is provided at designated points during the course, and may take a variety of forms (e.g., written verbal) and be delivered through a variety of contexts (e.g., one-to-one meeting, small group crit, VLE posting). |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Use a variety of methods to demonstrate a rigorous investigation of research themes.
- Initiate and develop original creative concepts demonstrating appropriate iteration.
- Resolve outcomes to a detailed professional graphic design standard.
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Reading List
DESI10018 Design Research 4 (20 credit option) - Graphic Design
- Lupton, E. Design, Writing, Research: Writing on Graphic
Design. Phaidon (1999)
- Skolos, N & Wedell, T. Graphic Design Process: From
Problem to Solution. Laurence King (2012)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Zoe Patterson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5720
Email: z.patterson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Rhiordan Langan-Fortune
Tel: (0131 6)51 5926
Email: rhiordan.langanfortune@ed.ac.uk |
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