Develops critical thinking and imagination 1. Students develop visual thinking and problem solving. Students learn to analyse and critique objects and ideas in both art and industry in historic, cultural and social contexts. Students study and learn to analyse the effects of design in art and industry on individuals and communities. Students are introduced to design theories from artists, architechts, and writers.
Students begin to learn and to apply the relationships between materials and meaning.
Students develop imagination and inventive skills. This course allows for and encourages group discussions, research presentations and field trips. Applied learning 1. Students develop ideas which can be later applied to personal everyday life and growth or used in future design work. This course brings students in contact with art, artists, designers and design related industries through research, gallery and museum visits and presentations by guest speakers, thereby developing a broader understanding of creativity,art and culture.