Year 12 · VCE / Visual Communication Design
Flashcards and recall.
Make a short deck from material you need to recall without notes.
Try this with Visual Communication Design
- Write one prompt per card. Use definitions, explanations or examples from your current topic.
- Answer aloud before turning the card. Split a card if it asks for several unrelated facts.
- Set aside missed cards and revisit them in a later session.
Recall topics
- Name the four fields of design practice studied in VCE Visual Communication Design.
- List the stakeholders a designer may work with when resolving a design problem.
- Who was Dieter Rams and what is his contribution to conceptions of 'good design'?
- What role does Good Design Australia play in defining 'good design'?
- State the difference between a designer's ethical and legal obligations.
- Define intellectual property (IP) in the context of design practice.
- What is circular design and how does it differ from the traditional linear model?
- Identify the five categories of factors that influence design practices.
- Explain why professional design practices change over time.
- What is visual language and why is it a 'distinguishing characteristic' of a field of design practice?
- List the eight design elements.
- List the ten design principles in the VCD study design.
- Define figure-ground as a design principle.
- Define hierarchy and explain how a designer creates it.
- Distinguish scale from proportion.
- What is the role of visual language in a design example?
- When analysing design examples, what is an 'aesthetic decision'?
- Why must aesthetic decisions be linked to purpose, context and audience?
- Outline a technique for analysing and evaluating two or more design examples.
- Name the four phases of the VCD design process and the model they are based on.
- What happens in the Discover phase of the design process?
- What is the purpose of the Define phase?
- Contrast divergent and convergent thinking.
- What is the role of the brief in the VCD design process?
- State the four components of design criteria for each communication need.
- Give three ethical research methods used to identify and analyse a design problem.
- What is ideation sketching and why is it used in the Develop phase?
- What is a critique and how should a designer respond to feedback in one?
- What is the focus of the Deliver phase of the VCD design process?
- Why is refining and resolving described as an 'iterative cycle'?
- Distinguish a mock-up, a model and a low-fidelity prototype.
- What are development drawings and documentation drawings used for?
- What is a design pitch and what is its purpose?
- How does a designer judge whether a concept should progress in the Deliver phase?
- Contrast manual and digital methods and media in resolving concepts.
- Why is convergent thinking central to the Deliver phase?
- Name two techniques used to evaluate and test a design concept before finalising it.
- In Unit 4 AOS2, how must the two final design solutions relate to each other?
- What is a presentation format and give examples across the fields of design.
- What does 'aesthetic impact' mean when communicating a solution to stakeholders?
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