Course overview
This course will extend students' ability to exercise critical thinking and judgement in the integration of the history, theory and social contexts of design through communication design practice. Students will consolidate knowledge of the discourses of design practice and identify contemporary influences on the making and reading of communication design as they integrate design theory with design practice. Students will review texts from a range of sources and use a critical approach to the analysis of relationships between image, text and historical/political/social conditions to articulate knowledge of the historical and ideological aspects of contemporary communication design.
Course learning outcomes
- Discuss the development of design practice in relation to its history and theoretical concepts
- Appraise significant social and technological factors that have shaped communication design practice in historical eras
- Demonstrate a critical awareness, and articulation, of design practice discourse and influences on contemporary practice
- Integrate theory and practice to formulate a critical self awareness and perspective on communication design and its conditions