Introduction to graphic arts history

An introductory 1 hour lecture given in wk2 to x50 year 1 Graphic Arts students at Winchester School of Art. The aims of the lecture are: 1. Explore how to use historical sources appropriately 
to inform design practice
 2. Make connections between contemporary 
designs and the past

Research and Blogging

What is research? What is visual research? Visual research and the creative enquiry Connecting Studio Practice and Skills and Research Comms Skills Examples of Graphic Arts blogs

Visual research and visual analysis

Understand representation and basic semiotic theory i.e. signs, meaning and myth Use visual analysis to decode an image

Ethics and Graphic Arts

Discussion of ethical issues pertaining to communication design

MA Communication Design Induction

Overview of the course including the structure, content and definition of post-graduate study