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Year 7 - Art and design

Communicating ideas through graphic design

An overview of design

Unit Summary

This unit helps pupils to define design and understand the roles of designers and architects. They will study traditional and contemporary practices and research influential designers. Lessons will enhance understanding, foster creativity, and develop research and critical thinking skills.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use colour, images and layout to create a piece of graphic design.

Key Notes

  • Graphic design is the art of using visual elements to communicate messages.
  • Designers often push traditional boundaries of graphic design through ways such as using different mediums.
  • Graphic designers consider the target audience, the purpose and the message of the design piece.
  • Designers can use colour, imagery and layout to communicate their message.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • graphic design: the art of using visual elements to communicate messages
  • layout: the arrangement of text and images on a surface

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • The main role of graphic designers is to make work that is pleasing to the viewer's eye.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Graphic design is the art of using visual elements to communicate messages. Designers often push traditional boundaries of graphic design through ways such as using different mediums.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'graphic design'

the art of using visual elements to communicate messages.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: The main role of graphic designers is to make work that is pleasing to the viewer's eye. Correction: Many graphic designers push traditional boundaries and shift the focus from creating purely aesthetically pleasing works to communicating messages about social justice.

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