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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects
Master of Architecture
Master of Architecture with emphasis in Interior Architecture
Course Number & Title:
ARCH & INARC 5005 Design Communications
(1.5)
Course Description:
This workshop introduces basic 2D composition and
graphic design skills that designers and architects
use to communicate their ideas in presentations.
Course Goals & Objectives:
1) Design culture and practice: introduce
graduate students to contemporary design
presentation and communications.
2) Design techniques: introduce students to
image production techniques using digital
media.
3) Design techniques: introduce students to
2D compositional skills, emphasizing clarity,
appearance, and the persuasive power of 2D
multi-page presentations, while addressing
color and the relationship between image and
text.
Student Performance Criterion:
1) Criteria
a) A.3. Visual Communication
Topical Outline:
1) Students are introduced to design presenta-
tion through a series of lectures and demon-
strations, developing their understanding of
effective design presentation in a short assign-
ment for the design of a 24”x36” composition
board; 15% of the course.
2) Students are introduced to a series of
software programs that produce, alter, and
compose 2D analog and digital images, includ-
ing CAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and
InDesign, and demonstrate their skills through
the design poster project, and images for their
concurrent design studio project; 60% of the
course.
3) Students are introduced to 2D composi-
tional skills and design presentation production
through instruction in the printing, plotting,
exhibition and presentation of two projects, the
design exhibition poster, and the design studio
project; boards for the design studio project
will incorporate the digital and physical models
produced in studio, scaled plans, sections and
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elevations produced in the freehand drawing
workshop, and digital images produced in this
workshop, 25% of the course.
Prerequisites:
Admission to the MArch program.
Textbooks/Learning Resources:
In class demos, reviews and desk critiques
Offered (semester and year):
• Semester: SUMMER
• Year: ONE
Faculty assigned:
• 2009-2010 academic year:
Jang, Sung (P/T), Christensen, Gerry
(P/T)
• 2010-2011 academic year:
Christensen, Gerry (P/T), Kasemsarn,
Richard (P/T)