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Year 10 Art, Design and Technologies	Art Design Technologies: Digital Fabrication Design Technologies: Resistant Materials Design Technologies: Textiles Media Visual Communication Design
Visual Communication Design Elective Unit Prerequisites There are no prerequisites for this course. Course Description Year 10 Visual Communication Design provides students with opportunities to develop creative and practical skills in visual problem-solving and communication. Through a range of design projects, students use drawing, industry-standard digital technologies, typography, layout, and visual presentation techniques to communicate ideas and respond to design briefs. Students explore the design process by researching, generating concepts, developing solutions, and refining their work, while building skills in creativity, critical thinking, and effective visual communication. The course encourages students to produce a portfolio of design work and provides a strong foundation for further study in VCE Visual Communication Design. Essential Questions How does visual communication design impact on our everyday lives? Why is it important to represent information visually? How do we use visual language to communicate ideas? What is the importance of visual design? Areas of Study Folio Work The folio work focusses on the development of specialised skills, processes and technical skills that enable students to work creatively within the constraints of set design briefs. The two folio components in Year 10 comprise conventional graphics and creative graphics. Folio Work The folio work focusses on the development of specialised skills, processes and technical skills that enable students to work creatively within the constraints of set design briefs. The folio components comprise of interior design, furniture design and communication design topics. Folio developmental work The double diamond VCD design process, including identifying the user's needs, researching, analysing information, drawing initial ideas, refining solutions and generating a mock-up of the finished result. Interior design (Environmental) and furniture (object) design Students complete several pieces of visual communication, employing a variety of drawing methods and associated skills and conventions including perspective drawing, paraline drawing, orthogonal drawing, and rendering skills. Communication design (messages) Students use visual language to develop freehand drawings of concepts and ideas that are then digitally developed. They design ideas that meet audience needs and solve design problems. Industry-standard digital software, scanners and colour printers are used throughout the unit.