Glendowie College
10 Design and Visual Communications (Graphics)
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Year 13 (2025) students are required to attend Subject Confirmation on Thursday 23 January to finalise their timetable.
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr T. Kim.
MYP Design
Optional Subject
Objectives
The program focuses on learning about design processes and developing student-driven projects. Visual literacy, creative thinking, and visual communication techniques are taught by:
- Developing skills and understanding of various types of drawing used in graphic practices.
- Carrying out architectural and industrial projects to learn about the fundamental design development process.
- To be able to find creative and unique solutions to design problems in real life context.
- Developing practical skills in a range of digital media and tools such as – Blender, Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDraw, 3D printing and laser cutting.
Content
MYP Unit | Outline |
Why is Communication Important? | Learn practical skills to aid visual communication. These will include drawing techniques, digital design tools and the elements and principles of design. |
Ideations - Handheld Product | Learning the concept of Ideation and the process of design – how to create your own unique and creative design ideas to solve a design problem. |
The Spatial Project | Students will take the skills they have learnt and their knowledge of the design process to create a solution to their architectural design project. They will create a portfolio of work that documents their design process and the creation of their food-related experience. |
Modelling and Presentation | Students create a model to present their final concept to a chosen audience. |
Subject Overview
Term 1
Why is Communication Important?
Students learn a range of practical skills to aid visual communication. These will include drawing techniques, digital design tools and the elements and principles of design.
Term 2
Ideate This:
Students learn the process of form exploration and ideation to resolve a design outcome – Students will be coming up with their own unique brief to design a product with given guidelines. Students will be applying the skills they have grasped in Term 1 to express their emerging design ideas and begin to visually communicate their process.
Term 3
Students will take the skills they have learnt and their knowledge of the design process to complete an architectural project for a dining experience. They will create a portfolio of work that documents their development of ideas that will also lead into their Term 4 project.
Term 4
Students will create a physical model of their design from the previous Term. Students will learn 3D CAD software, 3D printing, and laser cutting to create a model of their structure.
Subject and Associated Costs
Course Costs: $40.00 Junior Graphics pack.
Associated Costs: Nil.
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Disclaimer
It is important that you complete your option selection by the due date to enable you to have your preferred course of study. Course availability is dependent on numbers and staffing, and course entry will be confirmed at the beginning of the school year.
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