Graphic Design 1 will introduce graphic design to high school students, help them understand what graphic design is, and how to use it.
While this video is a good “nutshell” description of graphic design, in contemporary society, design has grown beyond only being a means to organize a visually cluttered environment, or to persuade, inform, and organize an audience to meet the needs of business and industry. Effective design—design which solves specific problems—can influence individual and group behavior, political policy, and even society. As graphic designers now find work in every field from publishing to entertainment, the sciences to finance, and are incorporating traditional media such as print and television with new and emerging technologies such as smart phones and virtual reality, now more than ever, graphic design is valuable life-skill for any high school student to learn.
By focusing on the visual communicative fundamentals of art and design, in combination with creative thinking and problem solving as opposed to technology, my curriculum aims to prepare students to be lifelong learners able to thrive as the methods of information communication and consumption continue to change.
A brief list of careers in graphic design includes:
By focusing on the visual communicative fundamentals of art and design, in combination with creative thinking and problem solving as opposed to technology, my curriculum aims to prepare students to be lifelong learners able to thrive as the methods of information communication and consumption continue to change.
A brief list of careers in graphic design includes:
- advertising (promotional) design
- book design
- book jacket design
- brand and identity design
- corporate communication design
- editorial design ⋅ environmental design
- interactive (experience) design
- illustration
- information design
- motion design
- package design
- publication design
- retail design
- wayfinding design