Contact the Teacher

If you wish to email your assignment through via email please do so at
Emma.Stilts@det.nsw.edu.au or you may hand in a hard copy version next class.

Design Brief

Task: Write your own design brief.  Imagine the perfect design job.
You write what is required for the job.

Is it branding the new cereal from Kelloggs, or designing the new album from Radiohead, an electric car logo or an advert for the local newspaper  The job can be as big or as small as you like, but you must include research on the company you intent to work for, information on the target market and also include;

1. Company Profile 
2. Design work required
3. Budget
4. Time frame
5. Goals
6. Evaluation/Conclusion

Due:
Tuesday  27th March. In written format posted on your blog.

Resources:
Very specific demographic information can be found on the  Australian Bureau of Statistics
 

D.I.K Class

Here is a list of the class. Please follow all blogs.

Shane
http://axiomart.blogspot.com.au/

Quarralia
http://quarralistar.blogspot.com.au/

Wendy
http://wendywootoo.blogspot.com.au/

Sam
http://biiigmack.blogspot.com.au/

Elizabeth
http://netbug-09.blogspot.com.au/

Tartangk
http://tartengk.blogspot.com.au/

Andrea
http://designersindustryandtechnology.blogspot.com.au/

Isaac
http://designfundamentals2012.blogspot.com.au/

Copyright - Protects you and everyone

Copyright is vital to protect your work and it important to understand so you do infringe on others.

Everything you produce is protected under Australian Copyright law.

Copyright is free and automatic upon creation of the work. In general, the first owner of copyright will be the author or producer or broadcaster. Where an employee is the author, the first owner of copyright is the employer.

Copyright.org.au/ is great resource, with easy to use fact sheets on most areas of copyright.

This wiki list includes a list of the Australian Copyright Council a non-profit organisation established to promote the value of copyright.

wiki/Australian_Copyright_Council

Design Industry Overview

Graphic designers are in the business of communication. 

The key to successful graphic design is communication. Using a simple idea to communicate a complex message. A designer's job is to conceptualise that idea and often, produce graphics to convey that information. That image is then produced in any number of formats; printed and/or digital, in advertising, films, packaging, posters, signs and interactive media such as websites and games.

Examples of Occupational Roles

• Advertising designer
• Animator
• Cartoonist
• Commercial artist
• Exhibition and display designer
• Graphic artist
• Graphic designer
• Graphic designer - multimedia, interactive media or new media;
• Illustrator
• Layout designer
• Medical illustrator
• Multimedia illustrator
• Product & packaging design
• Scientific illustrator

Types of Work

• Freelance designers
• In house designers
• Design consultancies
• Interior and exhibition design
• Product and industrial design
• Digital and multimedia design
• Communications design
• Design Business Practices 

Professional Design Resources

Design Institute of Australia

Australian Graphic Design Association


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