VCE Units 1 & 2 - Visual Communication and Design
VCE Units 1 & 2 - Visual Communication and Design
Overview
This Visual Communication and Design study is intended to assist students in the understanding, production and interpretation of a range of visual communications. It involves a study of the vocabulary and grammar of visual communication, which includes an understanding of, and application of, drawing and drawing conventions, design elements, principles and design process in visual communication.
Unit 1 – Finding, reframing and resolving design problems
In this unit students are introduced to the practices and processes used by designers to identify, reframe and resolve human-centred design problems. They learn how design can improve life and living for people, communities and societies, and how understandings of good design have changed over time.
Areas of Study
- Reframing design problems – Use human-centred research methods to reframe a design problem and identify a communication need.
- Solving communication design problems – Create visual language for a business or brand using the Develop and Deliver stages of the VCD design process.
- Design’s influence and influences on design – Develop a sustainable object, considering design’s influence and factors that influence design.
Unit 2 – Design contexts and connections
Students draw on conceptions of good design, human-centred research methods and influential design factors as they revisit the VCD design process, applying the model in its entirety. Practical tasks across the unit focus on the design of environments and interactive experiences.
Areas of Study
- Design, place and time – Present an environmental design solution that draws inspiration from its context and a chosen design style.
- Cultural ownership and design – Apply culturally appropriate design practices and an understanding of the designer’s ethical and legal responsibilities when designing personal iconography.
- Designing interactive experiences – Apply the VCD design process to design an interface for a digital product, environment or service.
Forms of Assessment
Brief, Folios, End of year exam
Prerequisites and Corequisites
It is an advantage to have completed Year 10 Visual Communication Design.