All innovation, products, services and environments start with creativity and curiosity. Design focuses on ‘design thinking’ to create products, services and environments to meet human needs, wants and opportunities. Designing is a complex and sophisticated form of problem solving that uses divergent and convergent thinking strategies. Designers separate themselves from the constraints of production to allow them to explore new and innovative ideas.
Students learn how design has influenced the economic, social and cultural environment in which they live. They explore and imagine possible futures through design. Collaboration, teamwork and communication are crucial skills needed to work in design teams and liaise with stakeholders. They learn the value of creativity and build resilience as they experience iterative design processes, where the best ideas may be the result of trial and error, taking risks and experimenting with alternatives.
Students learn about and experience design through exploring needs, wants and opportunities; developing ideas and design concepts; using drawing and low-fidelity prototyping skills; and evaluating ideas and design concepts. They communicate design proposals to suit different audiences.
A course of study in Design can establish a basis for further education and employment in the fields of architecture, digital media design, fashion design, graphic design, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture and much more.
By the conclusion of the course of study, students will:
Formative Internal Assessment 1: Examination — Design challenge
20
Formative Internal Assessment 2: Project
40
Formative Internal Assessment 3: Project
40
Summative Internal Assessment 1: Examination — Design challenge
15
Summative Internal Assessment 2: Project
35
Summative Internal Assessment 3: Project
25
Summative External Assessment: Examination — Design challenge
25
Mrs Natalle Sutton
nsutton@mfac.edu.au
