Area: | Department of Design |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Tutorial: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): | 7670 (v.4) Design Studio 191
7672 (v.4) Design Studio 192
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Co Requisite(s): | 308433 (v.1) Design Computing 191 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Deals with colour and materials as a 'language', colours, textures, surface qualities and patterns, in themselves and in combination, can communicate facts, ideas and feelings. The program is organised under three headings - awareness, understanding and control. Students look closely at colours and materials to become more aware of subtle differences and relationships, and they produce compositions to communicate specific meanings. Basic principles are introduced through informal lectures and demonstrations. Students are introduced to the Natural Colour System and the Colour Image Scale which provides frameworks for understanding. Students receive notes and explanatory colour diagrams. Many of the exercises are designed to illustrated particular principled and are kept in a display book with notes and diagrams for long term future reference. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have - Developed awareness of and sensitivity to the 'language' of colour and materials. The ability to use that language more effectively to communicate facts, ideas and feelings. Developed a greater sensitivity to the visual world and will be able to make finer judgements about the ways in which materials, surfaces, colours and textures can be different from and similar to each other. Understood the Natural Colour System and the Colour Image Scale. The ability to use tools for analysing and planning. Used the Natural Colour System as a mental map of the world of colour and as a guide when matching colours in paint or using computers. Understood the physical process involved in producing colours in painting, printing and on the computer screen. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Green - Armytage, Paul (1995). Primary Confusion. In Arnkil, H. and Hamalainen. E eds. Aspects of Colour. University of Art and Design UIAH, Helsinki. Hard, A. and Sivik. (1981) The Aim and Method of the Color Image Scale. Colour Research and Application. Kobayashi, S. (1998). Colorist. Kodansha International, Tokyo. Sivik, Lars (1976), The Language of Colour -Colour Connotation. In Porter, T. and Mikellides, B.(eds). Colour for Architecture. Studio Vista, London. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments - theory 40%. Assignments - practice 60%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 100500 Graphic and Design Studios (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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