Experience…Art, Architecture and Design
Friday 10 September 2010 1:00-4:00pm
BH2-09, Barbara Hanrahan Building, City West Campus
1:00pm Information Session
2:45pm School Tour
Experience an afternoon of insight into the creative careers of
interior design, visual arts, architecture, visual communication
and industrial design.
Enjoy presentations from
lecturing staff on what it means to be an artist or designer in
a contemporary world and where your UniSA studies in these
fields could take you.
Guided tours of extensive studio and workshop facilities are a highlight and provide exclusive access to the teaching and learning space used daily by students studying these practical and creative programs at UniSA.
Who should come?
- Year 11 and 12 students interested in design and visual art
- Art/Design/Technology teachers
- Career counsellors
- Anyone interested in a career in art and design
Architecture (Bachelor of Architectural Studies [DBAE]: 3 years full time; equivalent part time)
The study and practice of
architecture crosses both artistic and scientific
disciplines. Culminating in the design of buildings, cities
and places of all types it is concerned with addressing
essential human needs and desires - for shelter, order,
cultural expression, and sustainable co-existence with the
natural world. Architects are trained to think about space
and structure in creative and practical ways. They use
free, technical and computer aided drawings, models and the
written word to communicate their ideas.
Interior Architecture (Bachelor of Interior Architecture [DBIR]: 4 years full time; equivalent part time)
Interior
architecture is concerned with the occupational,
habitational and recreational needs of people in the
creative planning and detailing of socially and
environmentally responsive interiors. It considers
structure, furniture, lighting and building services for the
design of commercial, educational, institutional, retail,
hospitality and exhibition buildings. Students studying
interior architecture at UniSA have the opportunity to
undertake minor streams in furniture or exhibition design.
Industrial Design (Bachelor of Industrial Design [DBDI]: 4 years full time; equivalent part time)
Industrial
designers are involved in the design of the objects you buy
and systems you use such as sunglasses, cars, prams and
computers. They ensure products satisfy peoples needs for
usefulness and are visually pleasing, while ensuring they
can be made using manufacturing technologies. Industrial
design is artistic and technical in nature.
Industrial designers use a creative process to solve
problems in new and unique ways. They learn to use sketching
and perspective drawings, as well as models, engineering
drawings, computers (3D modelling packages) to help solve
problems and communicate their ideas.
Visual Communication Design (Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) [DBVC]: 3 years full time; equivalent part time)
Visual
Communication Design is an expanding profession and has
become an integral part of today's industry providing
sophisticated communication to consumers over various media.
The Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication), with
professional
majors in Graphics and Illustration, produces graduates
who are capable of contributing to the cultural and social
imperatives of the community, with emphasis on their
specialist discipline. The program develops specialised
research and practical skills to prepared graduates for
entry into related design professions where a rigorous
academic standard is required. Graduates currently are
enjoying a high employment success rate in a field in which
is rapidly expanding, especially in the information
technology sector.
Visual Arts (Bachelor of Visual Art (Specialisation) [DBVS]: 3 years full time; equivalent part time)
The Bachelor of
Visual Arts offers Specialisations in Art and Design History and
Theory, Ceramics, Drawing,
Glass, Jewellery and Metal, New Media Arts, Painting, Photography,
Printmaking, Sculpture and Installation, and Textiles. This degree provides a studio-based education for people wishing to
pursue careers as professional artists and is a first degree
for people wishing to pursue careers as art teachers, art
administrators or curators.
Reputation
The School of Art, Architecture and Design combines what was previously the Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design and South Australian School of Art. Teaching is undertaken by both academic and practising professional staff and the School maintains a close association with professional bodies. This ensures that all three disciplines give graduates the skills necessary for success in a continually changing professional environment.
Presentations
Lecturers from will give presentations about what designers do, what careers in design are like and what it is like to study design at university.