Building & Environmental Design
What's it all about?
In Design Technology, students develop the skills and practice to communicate ideas and messages in visual communications. Visual communication design practice includes the use of design thinking skills and design as a process. Drawing conventions and the use of design elements and principles are the primary components of the visual language that students use to represent concepts, in relation to a specific purpose and audience.
What type of things will I do?
Use materials, media, methods and technologies to plan and make visual communications for specific purposes and audiences. Manual and Digital Drawing Methods; Students will create Visual Communications in specific design fields of Environmental and Industrials Design. Research. Model Construction.
What will I learn?
Investigate the work and practices of a range of Australian and international designers
Drawing conventions, design elements and principles, skills, techniques and processes
What are the possible pathways?
TAFE and University Courses in Building and Construction & Architecture, Graphic Design, Advertising & Marketing, Interior Design, Industrial design, 3D Modelling Design, Web Page Designer, Civil Engineering & Mechanical Engineering, Magazine and Layout Designer, Fashion Design, Landscape Design.
YEAR | COURSES OFFERED |
YEAR 9 | Building and Environmental Design |
YEAR 10 | Building Construction/Environmental Design |
YEAR 11 - 12 | Visual Communication Design |
Why choose this subject?
I like to draw and design in problem solving ideas for a creative solution.
I want to learn more about Design and look at the how, where and why design is needed every day in what we use and do.
I enjoy being creative at problem solving and want to further my creative ability using the Computer in Design.