Course Summary

Are you interested in communicating ideas through visual language? Are you creative and like to design? By studying this introduction to Visual Communication Design you will engage in a range of activities to develop technical drawing skills (manual and digital), learn how to apply the design process and develop a sense of design aesthetics. You will be equipped to study and analyse existing designers to understand how they attract and engage their audience.

Learning Activities & Assessment

• Develop or improve skills in observational, rendering and visualisation drawings
• Focus on Environmental (interior & architecture), Industrial (commercial products) and communication design (graphic)
• Investigate the influence of design and media industries on society
• Learn the basics of Australian Standards and conventions for technical drawings
• Demonstrate and apply a range of manual and digital skills