Big Ideas
Big Ideas
Design for the life cycle includes consideration of social and environmental impacts
including manufacturing, packaging, and disposal and recycling considerations
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Design choices require the evaluation and refinement of skills.
Tools and technologies can be adapted for specific purposes.
Content
Learning Standards
Content
design and production opportunities
technologies for image development
for example, layout and design, graphics and images, photography (digital and traditional), new and emerging media processes
in prepress transferring file from the computer to one that can be output
through post-production environments
elements
for example,colour, form, line, shape, space, texture, tone, value
and principles of designfor example,balance, contrast, emphasis, harmony, movement, pattern, repetition, rhythm, unity
as communication tools
design for the life cycle
taking into account in the design process, economic costs, and social and environmental impacts of the product, from the extraction of raw materials to eventual reuse or recycling of component materials
intellectual property use and its ethical, moral, and legal considerations
for example, regulatory issues relating to responsibility for duplication, copyright, appropriation of imagery, sound, and video
, including cultural appropriation using or sharing a cultural motif, theme, “voice,” image, knowledge, story, song, or drama without permission or without appropriate context or in a way that may misrepresent the real experience of the people from whose culture it is drawn
standards
for example, units, sizes, materials
of production and limitations for example, cost, availability, physical properties, product hazards
of chosen materials for efficient output
standards-compliant
for example, layout conventions, mark-up language, current web standards, or other digital media compliance requirements
technology
balance of form and function
influences on culture through graphic production
for example, yearbook, 2D and 3D graphics, printing technology, vinyl graphics, sign design, print technician, graphic communications, commercial print production, packaging, new media, marketing communications
graphic design through various stages of project
use of typography
the art, design, and technique of crafting and arranging type for effective and aesthetic communication
to communicate a message or idea
materials organization, planning, and time frame
role of manufacturing in meeting consumer needs and wants
design presentation skills for potential clients
appropriate use of technology, including digital citizenship, etiquette, and literacy
Curricular Competency
Learning Standards
Curricular Competency
Applied Design
Understanding Context
- Engage in a period of user-centered researchresearch done directly with potential users to understand how they do things and why, their physical and emotional needs, how they think about the world, and what is meaningful to themand empathetic observationmay include experiences; traditional cultural knowledge and approaches; First Peoples worldviews, perspectives, knowledge, and practices; places, including the land and its natural resources and analogous settings; users, experts, and thought leaders
- Participate in reciprocal relationshipscommunicate with knowledge keepers for greater understanding of perspectives and history within the community, such as seniors, Elders, chiefs, First Nations tribal or band councils, and later career professionalsthroughout the design and production process
Defining
- Establish a point of view for a chosen design opportunity
- Identify potential users, intended impact, and possible unintended negative consequences
- Make inferences about premises and constraintslimiting factors, such as available technology, expense, environmental impact, copyrightthat define the design and production
Ideating
- Generate ideas and add to others’ ideas to create possibilities, and prioritize them for prototyping
- Critically analyze how competing social, ethical, and sustainability considerations impact designed solutions to meet global needs
- Work with users throughout the design process
Prototyping
- Identify and apply sources of inspirationmay include aesthetic experiences; exploration of First Peoples perspectives and knowledge; the natural environment and places, including the land, its natural resources, and analogous settings; people, including users, experts, and thought leadersand informationmay include professionals; First Nations, Métis, or Inuit community experts; secondary sources; collective pools of knowledge in communities and collaborative atmospheres both online and offline
- Choose an appropriate form, scale, and level of detail for prototyping, and plan procedures for prototyping multiple ideas
- Analyze the design for the life cycle and evaluate its impactsincluding the social and environmental impacts of extraction and transportation of raw materials, manufacturing, packaging, transportation to markets, servicing or providing replacement parts, expected usable lifetime, and reuse or recycling of component materials
- Construct prototypes, making changes to tools, materials, and procedures as needed
- Record iterationsrepetitions of a process with the aim of approaching a desired resultof prototyping
Testing
- Identify feedback most needed and possible sources of feedbackmay include peers; users; First Nations, Métis, or Inuit community experts; other experts and professionals both online and offline
- Develop an appropriate testincludes evaluating the degree of authenticity required for the setting of the test, deciding on an appropriate type and number of trials, and collecting and compiling dataof the prototype
- Collect feedback to critically evaluate design and make changes to design processes and production
- Iterate the prototype or abandon the design idea
Making
- Identify appropriate tools, technologies, materials, processes, and time needed for production
- Use project management processessetting goals, planning, organizing, constructing, monitoring, and leading during executionwhen working individually or collaboratively to coordinate production
Sharing
- Sharemay include showing to others, use by others, giving away, or marketing and sellingprogress while creating to increase opportunities for feedback and collaboration
- Decide on how and with whom to share or promote product, creativity, and, if applicable, intellectual propertycreations of the intellect such as works of art, invention, discoveries, design ideas to which one has the legal rights of ownership
- Consider how others might build upon the design concept
- Critically reflect on their design thinking and processes, and identify new design goals
- Assess ability to work effectively both as individuals and collaboratively while implementing project management processes
Applied Skills
Apply safety procedures for themselves, co-workers, and users in both physical and digital environments
Identify and assess skills needed for design and production interests, and develop specific plans to learn or refine them over time
Develop competency and proficiency in task-specific skills involving manual dexterity and software processes
Applied Technologies
Explore existing, new, and emerging tools, technologies
tools that extend human capabilities
, and systems to evaluate suitability for their design and production interests
Evaluate impacts, including unintended negative consequences, of choices made about technology use
Analyze the role technologies play in societal change
Examine how cultural beliefs, values, and ethical positions affect the development and use of technologies