EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Assessment Type 3: Visual Study (30%)
DUE DATE: Week 10 Term 1: Thursday 15/4/2016
Students produce one visual study.
The Visual Study being undertaken by the Stage 2 Design students will be based upon an exploration of a chosen topic. Students will experiment with the methods, techniques and technologies of contemporary designers. Students will also base their exploration on the critical analysis of the work of practitioners through individual research, and through the development of visual thinking and technical skills. They will present the findings of their visual study as well as their conclusions, insights, and personal opinions about aesthetics.
Students develop an idea for a visual study that will:
1) Answer questions about practical application.
2) Explore and experiment with concepts, ideas, media, materials, techniques, and technologies.
Students are expected to understand and apply a process that leads to conclusions or findings of some significance.
The process should involve:
1) Locating and acknowledging information
2) Analysing and interpreting the work of relevant practitioners and works of design in context.
3) Exploring and experimenting with styles, genres, processes, media, materials, methods, techniques, and technologies, to further develop
visual thinking and technical skills critically analysing and synthesising information and ideas, and visual thinking and technical skills, learning, and
thoughts on visual arts, including issues and/or questions developing and communicating insights into the visual arts, and findings and opinions about a personal aesthetic.
Students are to provide an A3 folio of their visual explorations. The A3 folio should contain written material that should include introductory information, annotated comments, analysis, synthesis, and conclusions.
Students should submit a maximum of twenty A3 pages (or equivalent) of visual study, integrated with a maximum of 2000 words of written text (source references not included).
Assessment Type 3: Visual Study (30%)
DUE DATE: Week 10 Term 1: Thursday 15/4/2016
Students produce one visual study.
The Visual Study being undertaken by the Stage 2 Design students will be based upon an exploration of a chosen topic. Students will experiment with the methods, techniques and technologies of contemporary designers. Students will also base their exploration on the critical analysis of the work of practitioners through individual research, and through the development of visual thinking and technical skills. They will present the findings of their visual study as well as their conclusions, insights, and personal opinions about aesthetics.
Students develop an idea for a visual study that will:
1) Answer questions about practical application.
2) Explore and experiment with concepts, ideas, media, materials, techniques, and technologies.
Students are expected to understand and apply a process that leads to conclusions or findings of some significance.
The process should involve:
1) Locating and acknowledging information
2) Analysing and interpreting the work of relevant practitioners and works of design in context.
3) Exploring and experimenting with styles, genres, processes, media, materials, methods, techniques, and technologies, to further develop
visual thinking and technical skills critically analysing and synthesising information and ideas, and visual thinking and technical skills, learning, and
thoughts on visual arts, including issues and/or questions developing and communicating insights into the visual arts, and findings and opinions about a personal aesthetic.
Students are to provide an A3 folio of their visual explorations. The A3 folio should contain written material that should include introductory information, annotated comments, analysis, synthesis, and conclusions.
Students should submit a maximum of twenty A3 pages (or equivalent) of visual study, integrated with a maximum of 2000 words of written text (source references not included).