| Design Foundation | Rev 15 Jul 99 |
Course Descriptions
Design Awareness (Dsc 101)
Description: Lecture survey of design issues within a cultural, global, and historical context.
Format: One hour lecture
Prerequisite: None
Semester: First Year; First Semester
Content
- Fundamental research and resource methodologies applied to idea conception development
- Contextual cultural, historical, and social significance of design
- Design aesthetics, philosophies, and theories
- Multiplicity of design professions
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Design Principles 1 (Dsc 121)
Description: Design as a visual language and process for design thinking and realization
Format: Five hours studio, one hour lecture
Prerequisite: None
Semester: First Year; First Semester
Content
- Color models
- Emotional, physical, and psychological aspects of color
- Idea generation and idea analysis (basic semiotic language)
- Letterform studies
- Manual color: pigment-based: dry (paper) and wet (gouache)
- Perception / cognition principles
- Two-dimensional and three-dimensional elements and principles of design
- Three-dimensional aspects of objects: space, plane, form, volume, surface
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Design Drawing (Dsc 120)
Description: Drawing as a means to explore and communicate ideas. Development of individual drawing aptitude as a visual language and process for design thinking
Format: Five hours studio, one hour lecture
Prerequisite: None
Semester: First Year; Second Semester
Content
- Ideation drawing
- Light, shade, shadow, and surface
- Manual, mechanical, and electronic drawing methods
- Orthographic and perspective drawing principles
- Visual acuity and sensitivity
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Design Principles 2 (Dsc 122)
Description: Continued exploration of design as a visual language and process for design thinking and realization
Format: Five hours studio, one hour lecture
Prerequisite: Design Principles 1 (Dsc 121)
Semester: First Year; Second Semester
Content
- Communication language (basic semiotic principles)
- Continued application of design principles, perception, and cognition
- Professional context (client – designer – user)
- Three-dimensional principles of design
- Typography principles
- Visual semantics
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Prof Thomas Detrie | detrie@asu.edu