VCE Visual Communication – Design
Subject Overview
Visual Communication Design is for creative thinkers who want to shape the world around them. This subject helps you develop the skills, knowledge and design mindset needed to tackle real-world challenges with creativity and purpose. You’ll explore how designers communicate ideas visually, dive into different design traditions and cultures, and refine your own aesthetic style. Whether you’re interested in graphic design, architecture, fashion, or product
design, this course equips you with the tools to bring ideas to life and make an impact on people, communities and society.
Unit 1 & 2
In Unit 1 & 2 you will:
- Explore ‘Good Design’
- Identify the communication need of a client
- Work through the VCD design process
- Present your concepts for feedback
- Develop sustainable products
- Develop environmental design solutions
- Investigate culturally appropriate design
- Create personal responses to design tasks
- Create a folio using the design process
Unit 3 & 4
In Unit 3 & 4 you will:
- Compare the practices of contemporary designers in a design field
- Comparing and analysing design examples
- Identify communication needs for a client
- Preparing a design brief
- Develop design ideas
- Devise and deliver a pitch to a client
- Evaluate if you have met the requirements of the brief
- Present solutions and final presentations
Types of Assessment
- Folio of technical and creative drawings
- Manual and digital drawing tasks
- Research tasks
- Design Critiques
- Outcome tests
- Exam
Class Activities
- Drawing – technical 2D and 3D drawing methods
- Digital skills – building on Adobe skills
- Using Google Sketchup to create 3D models
- Creative thinking and design activities
- Circular design practices
- Draw on life experience to understand ‘Good Design’
Careers that may link to this subject area
- Advertising
- Architectural Design
- Digital and Web Design
- Graphic Designer
- Interior Design
- Landscape Design
- Logo Design and Brand Identity
- Package/Surface Design
- Print Publication/Book Illustration
- Product Design and Furniture Design
- Set Design/Exhibition/Display Design
- Urban Designer/Landscape Architect