Study Guide@lith
 

Linköping Institute of Technology

 
 
Valid for year : 2016
 
TCM006 Visual Communication and Interpretation II, 6 ECTS credits.
/Visuell kommunikation och gestaltning II/

For:   CM-DE   CM-KO   CM-SN   CM-TA  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112

  Area of Education: Design

Main field of studies: Furniture Design, Furniture Conservation, Furniture Carpentry, Furniture Upgholstery

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): G2

Aim:
To give the student the opportunity to further deepening and reflection on, and the application of, various visualization techniques to express their artistic ideas, issues and expressions.
After completing the course the student should be able to:
  • apply a number of visual elements and linguistic concepts (proportion, balance, direction, visual rhythm / movement, volume / surface area, light / dark and materiality) as analytical tools in a design process
  • apply these image elements and linguistic concepts and their interaction in order to discuss problems and formulate a more complex spatial design on a flat surface
  • outline how visual communication and design is reflected in art history, different directions, "isms," from the late 1800s to post-modernism and contemporary art
  • manage a number of tools in his / her exhibition work such as lighting, modeling and message handling
  • create a photographic artwork based on independent studio work
After completing the course the student should has gained insights in:
  • various respects, and ways of artistic perception and see the outside world, its forms and phenomena
  • how the two-or three-dimensional shape expression is affected by how the image linguistic elements applied, singly and together
  • basics of lighting, exposure and metering of Photography
  • different types of cameras, lenses and films and their various uses how people in different times embodied experiences of themselves in relation to the environment and contemporary


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)


Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory work, Group and individual instruction, Dialogue as a pedagogical method. Project work and oral presentation.

Course contents:
Studies with live studio model. Freehand drawing. Design Exercises in three-dimensional shape. Photo imaging and preparation. Lighting. Exposure and metering. Producing exhibitions.

Course literature:


Examination:
Assignment
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1,5 ECTS
1,5 ECTS
1,5 ECTS
1,5 ECTS
 
Grades are givens as �?TFail�?T or �?TPass�?T.



Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Ulf Brunne
Examiner: Susanna Nygren

Course Syllabus in Swedish

Linköping Institute of Technology

 


Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 09/08/2014