Specialized Graphisms

Code:

GE301

Acronym:

GE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Design

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Design
Course/CS Responsible:	Communication Design

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DC	67	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2017	3	-	6	60	162
		Study Plan_Comunication Design	3	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This Course Unit will be articulated with Design II as a projectual and study complement without compromising their individual contents and objectives. To this end the course is divided into three parts in which two of them contemplate a practical work developed by the students a) and c):

a) TERRITORY (precedes the exercise of the UC of Design II - Territory and Identity).

a1) To introduce students to the strategic design of tools for interacting with territory, regions, communities and people;

a2) To develop skills for cultural and territorial communication and research: to master the diversity of language (verbal and non-verbal) and to use graphics as a form of communication;

a3) To explore communication tools to translate emotions, identity and the symbolic dimension of objects and cultures.

b) TRIDIMENSIONAL OBJECTS AND SPACES (based on an exercise already completed during the Design II - Identity and History of Design exercise)

b1) To understand three-dimensional space by establishing a relationship between contents, supports (physical and digital) and users;

b2) Learn to contextualize the (three-dimensional) objects and materials in the historical cultural context - relating with the selected authors in Design II;

b3) Be able to identify materials, media and techniques of three-dimensional production with critical skills;

c) PAPER VOLUMETRIES (PACKAGING)
c1) Design small scale objects through three-dimensional tools, maquetization and prototyping;

c2) Techniques of folding and three-dimensional manipulation of a two-dimensional support;

c3) Three-dimensional representation strategies

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester, students must demonstrate competences of social and communicational interaction with a community (or region, or cultural project, etc.) selected by themselves, using the strategies and methodologies discussed in class. They must not only be able to prove strategic capacities in their approach to the Territory and People, but also in the documentation, selection and creation of graphic contents that allow a better approach, relationship and empathy with the stakeholders and information providers for the future project(s).

They should also be able to represent a space and/or three-dimensional objects and ephemeral supports, showing a critical and active attitude both in the conceptual approach and in the strategic selection of physical elements, selection of materials and construction processes.

Working method

Presencial

Program

This is a course unit with a theoretical and practical component. To the students is proposed two exercises, whose development is theoretically supported by the following topics:

1st part

• Mapping tools: territory, culture and people - how to take advantage of Ethnography in projects and research in Territorial Design;
• Definitions of Identity, Space and Territory applied to Territorial Design;
• Design as a facilitating tool for communication and transmission of culture(s) - the production of communication elements as facilitators of physical and social interactions;
• How to communicate in peripheral communities - case studies;
• The representation of emotions - brief approach to Emotional Design;
• Co-creative and Participatory Design as tools for documentation and research in Design projects;

2nd part

• The environment and exhibition space: the ephemeral and the permanent;
• Technical analysis of systems, support and connectors: the exposure of the material and the immaterial, the physical and the virtual;
• The design of exhibition interfaces: inclusive design guidelines;
• The importance and control of light and shadow in environments;
• The design for positive and long-lasting experiences;
• The space, the exhibition objects and the diversity of public/users;
• Basics of Service Design applied to the Exhibition Design;
• Accessibility to exhibition and museum contents;
• Ergonomics applied to spaces and objects;
• Sustainability: the selection of materials and production processes;
• Three-dimensional representation: drawing and the physical and virtual materiality;

3rd part

• The function of Packaging;
• Packaging as a product;
• Packaging as an integrated product;
• Structures and volumes;
• Folding techniques;
• Prototyping techniques;
• Origamis as a creative tool for packaging construction;
• Materials and sustainability applied to packaging;
• Two and three-dimensional representation.

Mandatory literature

CHAPMAN, J.; Emotionally Durable Design: Objects, experiences and empathy (2nd ed.), 2015 (https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315738802)
OLINS, W.; Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come, Thames & Hudson, 2014
SCHITTICH, Christian (ed); Exhibitions and Displays – Museum design concepts. Brand Presentation. Trade show Design, Birkhauser, 2009
Mitani, J. ; Curved-folding origami design., CRC Press., 2019

Complementary Bibliography

Anthony Dunne; Speculative everything. ISBN: 978-0-262-01984-2
LOCKER, Pam; Basics Interior Design: Exhibition Design, Ava Publishing, 2011

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exposure, analysis, and discussion of relevant materials of theoretical and practical nature in order to institute a permanent discussion forum and the establishment of transversal information flows within the working group.

According to the syllabus and the development of the proposals, it may be necessary that some classes take place outdoors - these moments always occur with advance notice to the students and to Academic Services.

The classroom will be organized according to a laboratorial structure for the development of design projects. This way, it will be put into practice the idea of laboratory as a place for experimentation, operation and transformation, where students, individually and collectively, will develop two projects of practical and theoretical-practical nature aiming to implement the scientific contents and consolidate technical skills.

In some specific topics of the Curricular Unit program, experts will be invited to give lectures and/or interact with students about the exercises in course.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	15,00
Trabalho laboratorial	15,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	60,00
Estudo autónomo	40,00
Frequência das aulas	60,00
Total:	160,00

Eligibility for exams

Final grade equal or higher than 10.

Calculation formula of final grade

Average of the evaluation components

Classification improvement

Only by frequenting classes in the following year.