Undergraduate Course: Design Research 4 (Graphic Design) (DESI10038)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This course is only available to students in the School of Design.
Indicative course content
This course enables students to develop a personal, integrated, critical and reflective design approach appropriate to their chosen discipline. Students work on self-selected and generated projects within a studio environment.
Aims of course
1 develop and consolidate personal creative methods, techniques and approaches
2 explore how practitioners generate and justify personal project briefs
3 develop and consolidate personal approaches to materials and processes
Mode of delivery
Studio-Based Project Work, Group Crits, Individual and Group Mentoring, Project Review |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- INVESTIGATE: use a variety of practical and theoretical methods to demonstrate a sustained and rigorous investigation of personal research themes
- CHALLENGE: analyse issues arising from the research and challenge established precepts and assumptions
- PLAN: demonstrate a sense of purpose in the development of lines of research inquiry
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Reading List
DESI10038 Design Research 4- Graphic Design
- Lupton, E. Design, Writing, Research: Writing on Graphic
Design. Phaidon (1999)
- Skolos, N & Wedell, T. Graphic Design Process: From
Problem to Solution. Laurence King (2012)
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Zoe Patterson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5720
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Course secretary | Ms Jane Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713
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