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VCT 1013 - Design Basics

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: All visual communicators (multimedia experts, videographers, photographers, graphic designers) need to know the fundamentals of design to be effective problem solvers for their clients. Students with good design and typographic skills are needed in industry to communicate efficiently and effectively. In this class, beginning students will learn the formal elements, principles of design, and build typography skills to create visual communication messages.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. Design process
  2. Balance
  3. Classifications of type
  4. Color and value
  5. Critique process
  6. Designing with type
  7. Document terminology
  8. Emphasis
  9. Introduce the formal elements and principles of design
  10. Line and shape
  11. Positive and negative space
  12. Rhythm and unity
  13. Secondary meanings of type
  14. Spatial Illusion
  15. Texture and format
  16. Type families and foundries
  17. Typography anatomy
  18. Design a magazine spread
  19. Logo design
  20. Poster design
  21. Visual identity system

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. apply the formal elements and principles of design to create effective communication.
  2. complete projects by using the four components of a graphic design process to solve a design problem.
  3. demonstrate acquired typographic skills while creating design solutions.
  4. complete projects by using a creative design process to complete projects and exercises.
  5. complete projects by addressing the needs of a client by creating design solutions to communicate to a designated audience.
  6. articulate creative design solutions through the use of drawn thumbnails and roughs.
  7. research subject to effectively communicate client¿s message.
  8. complete critiques by using the vocabulary of design to describe the effectiveness of a design solution.
  9. complete projects by using type effectively to communicate primary and secondary meanings.

Competency 1 (1-6)
None
Competency 2 (7-10)
None


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