This advanced course in Visual Communication is for students interested in the layout and production of advertising campaigns, corporate identity, and packaging. This advanced course in Visual Communication is for students interested in the layout and production of advertising campaigns, corporate identity, and packaging. This advanced level studio is directed toward the product design student who is preparing to enter either graduate school or professional practice. Fulfillment of this studio requires the completion of one research and design project. In addition, portfolios and resumes are prepared.
Investigation leads to an identification of needs.
Final proposals will demonstrate concern for human factors, knowledge of material and proess and a sensitivity of form. Presentations typically include project documentation, conceptual information, control drawings, renderings, and finished presentation models. National and regional industry sponsored projects are employed on occasion. This advanced digital image-making course gives the studio or design major the opportunity to pursue research and development in an advanced area of technology. In some semesters, a topic is announced as a focus for the course such asPostScript programming or hyper-media design.