AS Graphic Design

AS Graphic Design consists of two units:

  • Unit1: Portfolio of Creative Skills (see further information below)
  • Unit2: Theory 

 

Portfolio of Creative Skills

The Portfolio of Creative Skills includes work on Product Investigation, Design and Manufacture.

Product Investigation

This includes a teacher lead exemplar activity based on a digital camera from ICT, followed by an individual activity for the Students to complete based around an item of packaging.  The suggested product is mobile phone packaging, this will be supplied by the student.

 

 

Design

Concept design concentrating on clear communication and drawing skills with Pro Desktop supporting and modelling exercise. We design a futuristic vehicle for 2020; this allows students to research into modern technologies and materials and have a free rein to be creative and individual.

 

Manufacture

Students are to manufacture two product that contains at least 2 materials each and gives them a full understanding of the world of Graphic Design. This should be a mixture between CAD/CAM and Traditional products. Wel manufacture a packaging for a mobile phone using the nets books as a basics and then manufacturing the mobile phone using CAD/CAM. This will be followed by a Blister packaged Smarties concept package along with a smarties box aswell, using Adobe to create the images on the box.