Visual 

Communication 

Design (VSD)

Units 3 & 4

What is the subject about?

In Unit 3&4 Visual Communication Design, students gain an understanding of the process designers use to structure their thinking and communicate ideas with clients, target audiences and specialists. Students use their research and analysis of visual communications and designers to support the development of their own designs. Students use observational and visualisation drawings to generate a wide range of design ideas and apply design thinking strategies to organise and evaluate their ideas. They use a range of digital and manual methods, media, and materials. They investigate how design elements and design principles create different communication messages and convey ideas to a target audience.

Units

Unit 3: Visual communication design practices

Unit 4: Visual communication design development, evaluation and presentation

Skills you will develop

• Analyse existing visual communications
• Select and apply drawing methods and technical drawing conventions
• Apply visualisation drawing methods to explore and generate ideas
• Understand and use the design process

Assessment

• Body of Work – Design Practice and analysis - Folio
• Design Industry Practice - SAC
• Design brief and generation of ideas SAT – Folio
• Development and refinement Pitch presentation SAT – Folio
• Final Presentations and evaluations

Pathways

Studying VCD can lead to the following careers

• Graphic Designer
• Architect
• Industrial Designer
• Draftsperson
• Web Designer
• Illustrator

There are no prerequisites for entry into Units 1,2,3

If you are interested in this subject please see Brett Squire