Class Design Technologies II

Design Technologies II course aims to address the challenges arising from the methodologies, devices, tools, and processes of graphic reproduction in its multiple aspects, based on the conception and development of graphic design and editorial design projects. It is a course idealized and structured so that students not only develop technical and computational skills in Communication Design but also exercise their critical and analytical thinking about printed graphic artefacts.

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The UC is organized in two complementary nuclei. The first part of a more theoretical character and analysis of existing objects in the market, and the second focused on the development of practical projects in the context of printing workshops. 1st part 1. Graphic production flow - Analysis and understanding of the different stages of development of a graphic product.  2. Planning and definition of production plans - Planning the whole process. 3. Artwork - Preparation of final documents appropriate to the type of printing and finishing of the project. 4. Industrial and semi-industrial printing systems - Presentation of the most important printing systems and the various techniques that integrate them, through the study of cases.  5. Media and finishing - Case studies. 6. Budgeting. 2nd part 1. Printing workshops - Practical classes and workshops where the fundamentals of the production process of an editorial graphic object will be put into practice. 2. Study visits.

An active Project-Based-Learning (PBL) methodology will be used. It is intended that students, faced with the projects launched, investigate, explore, and achieve new and creative solutions to the problems presented.  Bibliographic and cinematographic resources will be used in classes to present theoretical contents and case studies, to consolidate the contents. Internal and external workshop practice will also be a way of consolidating knowledge. The evaluation is continuous and includes the following parameters - Attendance, commitment and participation in class.  - Participation in the exercises and analysis carried out in class.  - Completion and delivery of the three practical assignments within the established deadlines. - Oral presentation of the work developed.

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