Communicating ideas through graphic design

Art and design

Defining design

Imagining new worlds: set design

Fashion design for empowerment

Architects who build communities

Exploring printed textiles

This unit helps pupils to define design and understand the roles of designers and architects. They will study traditional and contemporary practices and research influential designers. Lessons will enhance understanding, foster creativity, and develop research and critical thinking skills.

An overview of design

What is the design discipline that uses visual elements to communicate messages called?

Complete the sentence: Many graphic designers push traditional boundaries and communicate messages about {{}} justice.

When a graphic designer first begins work, what do they consider?

What element do graphic designers experiment with to help create specific moods?

What is the name given to how the text and images are arranged in a piece of graphic design?

Complete the sentence:  Design is the process of {{}} and creating things to solve problems.

What is the name of the design principle related to visual appeal?

What is the discipline of designing a physical setting or environment called?

What is typography the arrangement of in design?

Starter Quiz

Complete the sentence: Design is the process of and creating things to solve problems.