Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Architecture and Arts :: Design

DESIGN I - 2018/2019

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: annual
ECTS: 32

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Raquel Antunes
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Raquel Antunes

Class type and School hours

Teórico-prática : 12 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

To enable students to use the methodological process for the creative act, learning and expanding the knowledge of principles, fundamentals and practices of graphic design, for communication and two-dimensional (TD) design.

Specific Aims/Objectives

Expand the theoretical/practical vision of the designer´s activity; Explore research/concepts, experimentation/creative processes; Communicate by design (reasoning/theories/organization/finalization); To consider project methodology as a process in the creative act; Understand principles and fundamentals of D in TD practices; Reflect on visual image, identity and problems; Understand the foundation and organization of the project as a practice; Interacting with surroundings from an analytical and critical perspective.

Skills to be acquired

- Domain of the methodological process;
- Experimentation and knowing how to communicate by drawing;
- Mastering competences of design principles and design fundamentals;
- Capacity development to propose creative solutions, based on the knowledge acquired in this CU;
- Organization of projects and their rationale with planned methodologies;
- Understanding the designer´s activity in the environment.

Teaching Procedures

Lectures Theoretical / Practical: 1. Exposition and demonstration of contents through various resources; 2 Comparative and reflexive analyzes, research and research based on projects and designers; 3. Experimentation and practical application of contents using different proposals.
Accompanied Study / Guidance Tutorial: 1. Follow-up and orientation of students´ work.

Programme

1. Context of design - introduction to the theme and notions, design and designers, research and concepts.
2. Methodological process - approach to design methodologies; research in the formulation of concepts and ideas; problems and research; conceptual development; design detail and communication.
3. Principles and fundamentals of design - point, line, shape, proportion, typography, color, texture, balance, alignment, proximity, contrast, repetition, white spaces, movement, composition and hierarchy.
4. Visual image - concepts of visual image, visual identity, corporate identity, brand and components of the graphic standards manual.
5. Design and consolidation practice - experimentation and problems in the development of design projects; consolidation and application of acquired knowledge.

Evaluation Type

Moments continuous evaluation: 1 annual transversal work, 2 complementary works and sketches to consolidate learning. Evaluate: a) Attendance, participation and commitment in class; b) Creative ability, experimentation, communication and initiative in individual and / or group work; c) Execution, support, communication and presentation of the works; d) Organization and rigor in the researches, written communication, design methodology and concretization of the works.

Teaching Resources

Theoretical / practical classes, bibliography, webography and moodle,
Support material for two-dimensional drawing;
Computer, overhead projector, frame and markers;
Open classes, study visits and conferences.

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Two-dimensional design
Graphic design
Methodology
Experimentation
Drawing

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography