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Course Description

These design units have been created to cater for artistic and creative students who aspire to move into creative Tertiary courses or occupations but will not require an ATAR score.

The focus for the units is the ‘Design Process’ and will give the students a broad depth of experiences to prepare them for such careers as graphic design, photography, architecture, website design, interior decorating, fashion design, game design, industrial design and promotional design.

Unit 1 – Design fundamentals
The focus of this unit is to introduce the design process and practice.
Students learn that design can be used to provide solutions to design problems and communication needs.

The products that they will create introduce students to basic design skills and a range of techniques to demonstrate control over the elements and principles of design. These products will incorporate a range of skills, techniques and programs such as Illustrator, Photoshop, 3D printing, laser cutting, vinyl cutting, printing, digital photography, as well as some traditional hand skills.

Unit 2 – Personal design
The focus of this unit is personal design.
Students learn that they visually communicate aspects of their personality, values and beliefs through their affiliations and their manipulation of personal surroundings and environments. Students explore design elements and principles and the design process in a project communicating something of them. Students increase familiarity with basic production skills and processes, materials and technologies.

As with unit one, students will be asked to undertake a design process to produce a range of products to suit a given purpose using a wide range of materials and equipment except this time through the focus will be on designing a project around solving social/ cultural issues.

Retrieved from: School Curriculum and Standards Authority. 29 June 2023.