10DVC

Year 10 Design and Visual Communication

Course Description

Head of Faculty - Kaihautuu: Mr S. Qureshi.

We recommend that students who enjoy and are interested in design, drawing and developing their ideas study Design and Visual Communication.

This course continues from Year 9 DVC.  This is a semester course with two terms. First term covers the main drawing and design topics.  Second term is applying these skills to a range of drawing projects.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

·    All stages of the design process – brainstorm, research, concepts, design development, evaluation

·    Drawing skills – freehand, paraline (pictorial), orthographic projection, rendering and presentation, CAD


Course Overview

Semester A
Learning basic design and visual communication drawing skills in both 2 and 3 dimension.
Visual communication through images and model making
Creating digital/physical portfolio for product design

Semester B
Spatial design
Instrumental drawings, standard and convention
Freehand sketching and rendering
Creating digital/physical portfolio for spatial design

Semester C
Learning basic design and visual communication drawing skills in both 2 and 3 dimension.
Visual communication through images and model making
Creating digital/physical portfolio for product design

Semester D
Spatial design
Instrumental drawings, standard and convention
Freehand sketching and rendering
Creating digital/physical portfolio for spatial design

Pathway

Assessment Information

Students will be working on Product and Spatial design ideas and follow the NZ Technology curriculum at level 5.