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| 'HUGO': THE MOVIE AND THE BOOK Creating Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s first 3-D movie, took a lot of imagination. But it also took a lot of processing power. Information about - MAKING THE MOVIE - ILLUSTRATION - RENDERING CLICK HERE + + + + + + FIGURE-GROUND EXERCISE ACTIVITY Use figure/ground to create dynamic typographic compositions as well as visually engaging combinations of two letters CLICK HERE + One of the examples for the above activity is from Graphic Design: The New Basics published by PrincetonArchitectural Press and Maryland Institute College of Art. It contains excellent information and activities about - Point, Line, Plane Rhythm and Balance Scale Texture Color Figure/Ground Framing Hierarchy EXAMPLE FOR PACKAGING Layers Transparency EXAMPLE Modularity Grid EXAMPLE Pattern Diagram Time and Motion Rules and Randomness Spend some time looking through the pages - it will be time well spent CLICK HERE EXTERNAL WEBSITE + + + + + + RUBBISH BINS ACTIVITIES Think you can't get a lesson out of rubbish bins? CLICK HERE + + + + + + + + + + + + |
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| SUMMARY - DETAILS BELOW !!! NEW !!! 'HUGO': THE MOVIE AND THE BOOK !!! NEW !!! FIGURE-GROUND EXERCISE ADDED 7 FEB + MORE !!! NEW !!! RUBBISH BINS ADDED 10 FEB |
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AVAILABLE ONLINE 2010 VCE EXAM PAPER & ASSESSMENT REPORT on VCAA website CLICK HERE WEB PAGE External website |
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| GROUPED CONTENTS TEST/EXAM QUESTIONS UPDATED JUNE 2011 RENDERING LOGOS UPDATED MARCH 2010 QUICK ACTIVITIES PERSPECTIVE UPDATED JUNE 2010 ISOMETRIC UPDATED JUNE 2010 ORTHOGONAL / ORTHOGRAPHIC JANUARY 2011 |
1011 YCN LIVE CREATIVE BRIEFS CLICK HERE |
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NUFFIELD FOUNDATION DESIGN BRIEFS CLICK HERE |
| DESIGN VICTORIA WHY DESIGN? CLICK HERE DESIGN VICTORIA CASE STUDIES Helps students understand the process of designing CLICK HERE |
| RENDERING LIGHT SOURCE CLICK HERE |
| 2010 VCE EXAM available now Useful info for all teachers Download copy - PDF Document CLICK HERE External website CHIEF ASSESSOR'S REPORT AVAILABLE VICTORIA VELS CLICK HERE STUDENT WORK To see work already submitted CLICK HERE More student work now needed from other members please PLEASE EMAIL ONE PIECE OF WORK FROM ONE OF YOUR STUDENTS at any level |
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| VICTORIAN VCE TEACHERS 2011 ADVICE FOR SCHOOL ASSESSMENT from VCAA CLICK HERE PDF DOCUMENT Go to page 37 |
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| NZ TEACHERS NCEA draft standards Level 1 Design and Visual Communication (Graphics) Technology Level 1 Draft Level 1 standards and draft assessment resources are provided to help schools plan course programmes for 2012 CLICK HERE and HERE |
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AVAILABLE ONLINE 2010 VCE SCHOOL-ASSESSED TASK REPORT (UNIT 4) on VCAA website CLICK HERE WEB PAGE External website |
| TOP DESIGNS 2011 See selected work on Facebook - no need to sign up or sign in CLICK HERE |
| NEW ZEALAND TEACHERS Design and Visual Communication (Graphics) SUBJECT RESOURCES ESSENTIAL FOR PLANNING 2012 PROGRAMS Curriculum & Standards documents Level 1 standards Level 2 standards Level 3 standards Curriculum-Standards Alignment Resources for internally assessed standards Resources for externally assessed standards Other Design and Visual Communication resources You may have seen this information already, but in case you haven't seen it yet ALL ON ONE WEB PAGE CLICK HERE External website - NZQA |
| THE BEST OF 2010 CLICK HERE |
| DESIGN PRINCIPLES WHITESPACE/WHITE SPACE Whitespace is nothing. Whitespace is the absence of content. Whitespace does not hold content in the way that a photograph or text holds meaning and yet it gives meaning, through context, to both image and text. In fact, whitespace can make or break the effective transmission of image and text. CLICK HERE + + + + + + VIGNELLI CANON Massimo Vignelli (born 1931 in Milan, Italy) is a designer who has done work in a number of areas ranging from package design to furniture design to public signage to showroom design through Vignelli Associates, which he co-founded with his wife, Lella. He has said, "If you can design one thing, you can design everything." In January 2009, Vignelli released The Vignelli Canon as a free e-book. In the introduction Vignelli writes, "I thought that it might be useful to pass some of my professional knowledge around, with the hope of improving [young designers'] design skills. Creativity needs the support of knowledge to be able to perform at its best." CLICK HERE + + + + + + 5 COMMON GRAPHIC DESIGN MISTAKES Do you make these 5 common Graphic Design mistakes? CLICK HERE + + + + + + UPDATE DEVELOPING YOUR CREATIVITY USING A SKETCHBOOK In 2008, new web pages were added to this website about VISUAL DIARY. On one of these web pages there was information about and a link to "the best information" I could find at that stage. It is still very relevant but the link ceased to exist some time ago. I have found the PDF Document again, and you can see it and download it if you ................. CLICK HERE + + + + + + ORTHO PDF DOCUMENTS + WEB PAGES There are a number of PDF Documents and Web pages to be found on the Internet which explain ORTHOGONAL / ORTHOGRAPHIC DRAWING (PROJECTION). YOU MAY FIND ONLY ONE PAGE USEFUL, OR ONE DRAWING, OR ONE SECTION, OR A WHOLE DOCUMENT. You may have to do some editing and/or cut-and-pasting, but if it helps you to help your students learn and understand something, it is worthwhile. CLICK HERE + + + + + + |
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| THE ULTIMATE LIST OF BEST LOGO DESIGN RESOURCES CLICK HERE |
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VCE 2012 Advice for School Assessment (PDF - 1.3MB) VCAA Bulletin VCE, VET and VCAL Supplement 1 February 2012 CLICK HERE |
| DESIGN VICTORIA The Victorian Government's Design Victoria Strategy ended on 31 December 2011. Established under the Strategy in 2007, Design Victoria at RMIT University, successfully delivered a large number of seminars and workshops, funded and facilitated design projects and developed and produced informative resources and research findings. From 1 January 2012, all information relating to the Victorian Government's design activities and initiatives, including the Design Integration Program, will be available on the Business Victoria Industries Design page CLICK HERE EXTERNAL WEBSITE Of particular interest to teachers will be the CASE STUDIES CLICK HERE EXTERNAL WEBSITE + Demystifying Design (PDF 2Mb) A collection of case studies developed to provide insight into the design process, including why design expertise was sought, the working relationship between the business and designer, key milestones, the final design outcome, and business results and benefits of the project. CLICK HERE EXTERNAL WEBSITE PDF DOCUMENT (DOWNLOAD) + + + + + + WORD SHAPES + WORD CLOUDS A shape can be formed by the word or words within the shape. Word clouds are fun ways to visualise the prevalence of different words in a body of text. CLICK HERE + + + + + + NZ TEACHERS: DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS / GRAPHICS ANNOTATED EXEMPLARS Exemplars of student work or expected student responses have been developed for standards that have been identified by the Ministry of Education as new or significantly changed. CLICK HERE EXTERNAL WEBSITE + + + + + + DON'T FORGET ABOUT BACKGROUNDS Coloured, textured and photographic backgrounds are well worth considering, but you have to think differently about how to make the important information stand out when it is not the usual white background CLICK HERE + + + + + + |
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