Graphic Production Technologies

Code:

TPG301

Acronym:

TPG

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Design

Instance: 2019/2020 - 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	51	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2017	3	-	4,5	45	121,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Know, understand, produce, coordinate and evaluate the graphic production of a service/communication design project.

The graphic production is the last stage of any graphic design project. On the other side is the area responsible for making available to the user/consumer idealized and produced artifact. As such, it is at this stage that is defined the quality of the project, that will influence all the decisions taken during the process.

Thus, this course is intended to demonstrate to students both the results of optimization capabilities, as the creative possibilities that has in itself the production technologies. It is also necessary to point out the procedural difference that involves the use of analog-mechanical and digital technologies.

Learning outcomes and competences

Get adequate and solid knowledge in graphic production solutions and technologies, particularly in the interrelationship of the design steps, production and management of a service or graphic design.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Typography; Photography; Informatic Systems.

Program

Program (resume):
Pre-production; Production; Postproduction versus Planning; Budgeting and Quality Control; Archive/File.

Theoretical component:
- Introduction: historical and technological contextualization phenomenology;
- Key players: designer, writer, translator, reviewer, editor, producer, photographer, illustrator, printmaker;
- Conceptual and productive cycle of a service/graphic design;
- Graphic production and complementary services;
- Printing solutions and publication channels (3D, digital, green, functional, labeling and packaging);
- Text and image editing: color palette, photography, illustration, infographics;
- Prototyping: materials/surfaces and inks; pre-scale model and scale model; mono and contract proofs;
- File; Self-evaluation and Final Balance.

Practical component:
- Curriculum project (individual or team work).

Mandatory literature

Andrew Haslam; Lettering. Manual de producción y diseño, Editorial Gustavo Gili, 2011
Beth Grabowski; Bill Fick; Printmaking. A complete guide to materials and processes, Laurence King Publishing, 2009
Daniel Mason; Materiales y procesos de impresión, Editorial Gustavo Gili, 2007
Felix Brunner; A Handbook of Graphic Reproduction Processes, Arthur Niggli, 1962
Gavin Ambrose; Paul Harris; The Production Manual. A graphic design handbook, AVA Publishing, 2008
Giorgio Fioravanti; Diseño y reproducción, Editorial Gustavo Gili, 1984

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teacher as counselor, mediator and provoker, stimulates and provides; reflection sessions on topics, authors, works, artefacts and handicraft or mechanical systems; sessions for research, development and implementation of real experimental and/or 'pilot' projects; collective presentation sessions, analysis, discussion and criticism of the projects; sessions opened with the presentation of graphic services, commented exposition of graphic objects, films and study visits.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	40,00
Trabalho de campo	30,00
Trabalho laboratorial	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	10,50
Estudo autónomo	16,00
Frequência das aulas	45,00
Trabalho de campo	15,00
Trabalho de investigação	20,00
Trabalho laboratorial	15,00
Total:	121,50

Eligibility for exams

Continuous assessment, which involves the systematic presence of the student in class. Punctuality and attendance are recorded in own street, provided and controlled by the teacher in the first thirty minutes from each class. A student is considered to attend the curricular unit if, having been regularly enrolled, he/she does not exceed the limit number of absences corresponding to 25% of the planned classes (more information: read article 10º of the new Student Assessment Regulations of the faculty). 
The evaluation components are: attendance, participation; notes; concept; dexterity manual; technical personnel; visual / oral presentation; attitude and self-motivation.

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation process is continuous and ongoing, and results from the sum of practical and theoretical experience demonstrated by the student during the school year, with a view to achieving the proposed objectivs. The final project will be presented, defended, exposed, discussed, evaluated and discussed in the last week of the classes.