Postgraduate Course: Graphic Design: Visual Thinking & Studio Process (DESI11171)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will focus on the continued development of your exploration, understanding and application of Graphic Design studio process, as a critical practice. You will engage with a range of relevant skills within core Graphic Design areas, ranging from print to digital. |
| Course description |
The aim of this course is to frame Graphic Design's core functions and sensibilities within a research studio setting. You will use the discipline's processes, techniques and approaches, to respond to a set brief that highlights the core nature and roles of Graphic Design and its wider contexts. You will develop your personal professional practice and critically reflect on your position within the discipline, through visual research, rationalisation and communication. The course will feature an exploration of a range of appropriate design methodologies and strategies for the professional articulation, presentation and
documentation of work.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This Course requires additional costs to be met by the Student.
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. base-metals, calico, toile etc]. 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.
To fully participate in this course students are recommended to budget a minimum of £60 |
| Additional Costs | This Course requires additional costs to be met by the Student.
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. base-metals, calico, toile etc]. 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.
To fully participate in this course students are recommended to budget a minimum of £60 |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- EVALUATE: Recognise the professional context of graphic design and apply appropriate research practices in response
- CONCEPTUALIZE: Initiate and develop original creative concepts demonstrating appropriate iteration.
- REALISE: Demonstrate an integrated relationship between research and practice through resolved project solutions.
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Reading List
Poynor, R. Jan Van Toorn: Critical Practice (Graphic Design in the Netherlands), 010 Uitgeverij; 1st edition (1 Sept. 2005)
Hollis, R. About Graphic Design, Occasional Papers (26 April 2012)
Victionary: Type Hybrid: Typography in Multilingual Design, Victionary (1 July 2016)
Onedotzero, Walter, S: Motion Blur 2: Multidimensional Moving Imagemakers, Laurence King Publishing; Slp Pap/Dv edition (21 Jan. 2008) |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
You will use a wide range of the principal professional skills, techniques, practices and materials associated with Graphic Design.
You will critically identify, define, conceptualise and analyse complex problems and issues.
You will explore your own choice of specialism within the broad field of Graphic Design and you will create, identify and evaluate options in order to solve complex problems.
You will develop the ability to work in a group with staff and peers to engage in a series of creative exercises within a Graphic Design studio (Work alongside and with peers, senior colleagues and specialists in the field).
You will analyse facts and situations and apply creative thinking to develop the appropriate solutions.
You will develop the ability to work independently with Graphic Design software, processes and techniques. |
| Keywords | Graphic Design,Visual Communication,Studio,Process,Visual Research |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Marco Scerri
Tel: (0131 6)51 5727
Email: M.Scerri@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Ruth Lee
Tel:
Email: clee5@ed.ac.uk |
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