13 Art Design

Course Content

This course will be designed to build upon and develop the student’s knowledge from Level 2 Art Design.

Students will be allowed to develop their own theme/brief to form the basis of their design work for the year. The internal assessments (4 credits each) are integrated to create a body of work from which students can develop their own ideas and interests to produce the externally assessed part of the course (14 credit folio board). 

The design folio will be broken down into sub-briefs which could include

• Logo and branding design.
• Promotional work (poster/flyers etc).
• Illustration or character design.
• UX design (website/app etc).
• Animation.
• Product – book, business, merchandise.

Objectives

• Develop critical, lateral and creative thinking skills in Design.
• Extend knowledge of design conventions and contemporary design practitioners.
• Use a digital workbook to document design processes and idea development and resolution.
• Develop a body of work within chosen field of design practice.

NOTE:   It is highly recommended for students wishing to study Design at this level to have access to Adobe Creative Cloud.

Extra curricular activities that can extend students in Visual Arts include:

GDC_arts - Ongoing competitions, external Art and Photography competitions, Art lunchtime activities, Summerfest, School Art Exhibition, displays, assisting with School Production, and community projects.