Online Courses Handbook 2003

306960 (v.1) Visual Communication Technology 292

Area:	School of Design
Contact Hours:	2.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	7760 (v.6) Design Technology 291-1 or any previous version AND 8750 (v.5) Design Specialism 291 or any previous version
The work of the semester is presented in four study components - typography, design principles and techniques, photographic imagery and digital rendering. Studio sessions will introduce appropriate digital rendering techniques as well as the creative use of various types of grid systems for effective communication in the design principles component. In the typography component there will be a three week project to help gain a deeper understanding of the potential of type. The photographic component willaddress the possibilities of seeing and recording through the lens of a camera as a design process, and visual communication through photo image composition.