CDS2001 · Communication design studio 3

Overview

Building on knowledge and skills developed in DGN1000 and CDS1002, you will advance your craft and technical skills in industry-specific and emerging tools and practices. You will be exposed to a broad range of creative communication processes across print, digital, and emerging media, and will learn to identify the appropriate context(s) in which they can be applied independently and together. Focusing on the principles that underpin effective communication, you will explore observation and investigation techniques to develop informed design solutions. Reflecting on the societal role of communication designers, you will analyse how visual culture intersects with contemporary issues, recognising your responsibilities within this influential space. This unit emphasises empathy and social awareness, encouraging you to design with a commitment to social good, understanding the power your work has to influence public thought and drive positive change. Finally, you will develop adaptable design processes by actively engaging in experimentation and critical inquiry, building a foundation for continued growth in the field.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

100% in-semester assessment

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Identify cultural, social, and theoretical foundations of communication design, with a focus on how these inform contemporary practices and the role of designers in society;
2. Use technical and craft skills with both traditional and emerging tools and technologies to develop communication design solutions that are informed by appropriate research methods and that showcase an understanding of narrative and visual and text structures; manage appropriate production methods;
3. Integrate concepts from a range of sources and through personal observation to create design outcomes that address real-world challenges;
4. Collaborate with others to develop diverse ways of thinking and further understand the ethical and social role of design in society in order to foster critical thinking;
5. Explore and express an interest in how communication design can be used for positive social and environmental change and improve the human and nonhuman experience;
6. Construct knowledge about social contexts, emerging design tools, and evolving design trends and develop strategies to document and evaluate personal design processes and for self-directed learning and resilience.

Workload

24 hours per week including 6 contact hours plus 18 hours of independent study.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.