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)
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Other requirements | This Course requires additional costs to be met by the Student.
Equipment and software: Most equipment and software required will be provided by the School, but student will be expected to provide some specialist equipment including [e.g. laptop headphones, SD cards].
Materials: Students will be expected to fund the purchase of general art and design materials, such as sketchbooks, paper and pens. Students will be expected to fund purchase of some specialist materials required by their course [e.g. printing, paper, props]. Course Organisers will support you in meeting intended learning outcomes while keeping material costs to a minimum, but students will be expected to fund optional material costs as necessary for their own project work.
Printing: Students are expected to fund occasional printing of [A4/A1 printing, booklet binding¿etc].
To fully participate in this course students are recommended to budget a minimum of £50. |
| Additional Costs | This Course requires additional costs to be met by the Student.
Equipment and software: Most equipment and software required will be provided by the School, but student will be expected to provide some specialist equipment including [e.g. laptop headphones, SD cards].
Materials: Students will be expected to fund the purchase of general art and design materials, such as sketchbooks, paper and pens. Students will be expected to fund purchase of some specialist materials required by their course [e.g. printing, paper, props]. Course Organisers will support you in meeting intended learning outcomes while keeping material costs to a minimum, but students will be expected to fund optional material costs as necessary for their own project work.
Printing: Students are expected to fund occasional printing of [A4/A1 printing, booklet binding¿etc].
To fully participate in this course students are recommended to budget a minimum of £50. |
Course Delivery Information
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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 |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Orlando Lloyd
Tel:
Email: o.lloyd@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Ruth Lee
Tel:
Email: clee5@ed.ac.uk |
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