Year 10 Design & Visual Communication (Graphics) - Half Year

Design and Visual Communication (Graphics) is a design course that uses sketching, rendering with both colour pencils and design markers to creatively explore design ideas though an annotated design process. Students will learn technical drawing with both hand drawing and computer-aided (CAD) with Fusion 360 and TinkerCad to formalise refined ideas across 2 major areas: 

Area 1: Product Design examples

• Lighting 

• Furniture (chair, coffee table, modular shelving, etc.) 

• Sound

• Transport (smaller scale eg. bike)

• Cell phone (handheld electronics) 

• Whiteware (kitchen products)

Area 2: Architecture design examples

• Tiny houses

• Birdhouses 

• Band rotunda (range of shelter options) 

• Eating Pods

• Interstellar recolonization pods 

• Greenhouses

Students will learn to communicate their creative ideas on paper through sketching and design analysis. Project selection will be influenced by student interest in the class. 

This course will give you a good understanding for future study in Year 11 Design & Visual Communication. 

Previous Student results in DVC will be factored in when looking at course entry for year 11 this is to ensure students are capable of experiencing some level of success for the NCEA credits on offer. For students that have not taken the course prior previous related subjects will be used as a guide. Generally, students will be successful in the year 9 and 10 courses if they complete their project work.