1069 Graphic Design
Content
- The history and development of design
- The principles of graphic design
- Graphic elements, properties and organisation
- Colour theory and colour pallets
- Typography and its use as a means of expression
- Principles and goals of data and information visualization
- Perception theory and basic approaches to data and information visualization Intermediate data and information visualization techniques
- Data and information visualisation for presentations and public speaking
- Design of a web site
- Designing a user interface
Objectives and competences
The objective is to introduce the students of computer science and informatics to the basics of visual language and common approaches to graphic design. The students will apply the acquired knowledge to the design of user interfaces, electronic documents, web sites and information visualization.
The students will be developing the following competences:
- The ability of professional communication in the native language as well as a foreign language.
- The ability of teamwork within the professional environment; management of a small professional team.
- The ability to transmit knowledge to co-workers in technology and research groups.