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IDN1602 · Drawing for designers
2025 Handbook6 credit pointsLevel 1Department of Design
Overview
This unit covers an advanced practice of combining techniques and media, as well as experimental methods; introduction to framing of the subject; selection of the most appropriate view; combination of views; development of background treatment; composition of pictorial settings for products.
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Caulfield | Second semester | Teaching activities are on-campus (ON-CAMPUS) |
| Caulfield | First semester | Teaching activities are on-campus (ON-CAMPUS) |
Assessment
The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 - Exercise folio | Project | 60% | — |
| 2 | 2 - Project folio | Project | 40% | — |
Requisites
prohibition
Learning outcomes
- Develop ideas through drawing that show salient features of an intended design, rather than a pre-existing object;
- Use drawing as a method for externalising your thoughts and developing ideas;
- Persuasively communicate your ideas through the development of concept presentation sketches and renderings in a product design context;
- Demonstrate proficiency in the selection and use of appropriate drawing mediums, techniques and equipment to suit the nature of the design.
Workload
12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.
| Activity | Duration |
|---|---|
| Studio activities | 36 hours |
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