Foundation

This course introduces students to the world of texts – article, books, movies, social media, photographs, artefacts, advertisements and more. Texts are products and objects of design. They are also a means of communication. The ability to meaningfully engage with texts is key to more confident and insightful observation, analysis and articulation. Starting with a common prescribed graphic novel, students will learn how to read texts with a critical eye. They will also learn how to produce elegant and effective texts of their own through careful use of language in a variety of (social) media and genres, both spoken and written.

This course introduces students to the world of texts – article, books, movies, social media, photographs, artefacts, advertisements and more. Texts are products and objects of design. They are also a means of communication. The ability to meaningfully engage with texts is key to more confident and insightful observation, analysis and articulation. Students will learn how to read texts with a critical eye. You will also learn how to produce elegant and effective texts of your own through careful use of language in a variety of (social) media and genres, both spoken and written.

As the title of the course says Visualization and Representation.

The entire course module deals with the same.

Enhancing the observational skills and sketching skills. The course deals with understanding our own surroundings and reading them in Design language.

 Introduction and importance of colours and many other materials

Understanding of light and shadow.

Understanding spaces

Introduction to basic photography.

Visits to several heritage and important places, because of  the current pandemic situation the course module will be tweaked a little.   

The course aims to empower the students with external and internal visualization and representation skills and their eye-hand-mind-heart coordination. Through this course students will learn skills such as sketching, drawing, painting to comprehend natural and man-made structure, space, mass, volumes. The course will teach comparative study, copy work through exercises   especially designed that aim the learning to use different materials, trans- disciplinary expressions and imagination. This course will allow students to understand their immediate surrounding and world of imagination.

The course emphasizes the critical,  experimental and experiential understanding of the core design elements and principles. The students are encouraged to observe and identify these elements and principles in the world around them. Drawing and representation are seen as an essential act to investigate the world. The course allows students to work responsively and self critically to embrace the unpredictable intersection of the real and conceived through processes and representations. The course becomes a laboratory of varied activities in which investigations of the material world leads to imagined situations and generating abstraction.

This course introduces students to the world of texts – article, books, movies, social media, photographs, artefacts, advertisements and more. Texts are products and objects of design. They are also means of communication. The ability to meaningfully engage with texts is key to more confident and insightful observation, analysis and articulation. Students will learn how to read texts with a critical eye. You will also learn how to produce elegant and effective texts of your own through careful use of language in a variety of (social) media and genres, both spoken and written.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completing this course students should be able to:

 1.     Recognize the connection between language, creative expression and communication

2.     Learn to read texts across a variety of technologies, social media and modes.

3.     Identify elements of texts as products of thoughtful design.

4.     Understand what makes for effective communication from a design and language perspective in personal and professional contexts

5.     Assess the informational quality of texts from different sources

6.     Produce texts for a variety of purposes, formats and contexts.

7.     Incorporate and respond to feedback.

8.     Practice professional presentation.

 GRADING CRITERIA

Students should review the AnantU grading policy in the academic handbook.  If anything is unclear, make an appointment with the instructor.  Here are the grading criteria for this course:

 25% In-class short writing exercises (up to 5)

20% Chosen writing project and revision

20% Peer feedback

15% Revised social media portfolio

20% Faculty jury evaluation of portfolio presentation

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100%

The course aims to empower the students with external and internal visualization and representation skills and their eye-hand-mind-heart coordination. Through this course students will learn skills such as sketching, drawing, painting to comprehend natural and man-made structure, space, mass, volumes. The course will teach comparative study, copy work through exercises   especially designed that aim the learning to use different materials, trans- disciplinary expressions and imagination. This course will allow students to understand their immediate surrounding and world of imagination.

Basic understanding towards the application of elements of design with their surroundings. The elements can inform us where to begin, what to probe, and how to analyze. The principles explain why certain orientations of lines, shapes, forms, textures and colors seem to be orderly and pleasing. The observed principles will help to visualize in a good composition. Observing and identifying the principles applied in things around us. The Gestalt laws of perceptual organization describe how we see and experience different perceptual phenomena in the world around us. The belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts led to the discovery of several different phenomena that occur during perception

This course introduces the students to the cognition and visual perception of basic elements and principles of 'design' - in the form of explorations in 2D compositions. It encourages them to establish connections and inter- relationships within compositions and enables them to express abstract ideas through 2D graphic representation.

What is the world today without visuals? Is it possible for us to imagine a world without visual representation? Everywhere we turn our heads, we encounter images that aid our lives. This course will bestow upon you a tool in the form of knowledge of how to represent what you observe with your eyes and visualise in your minds in the form of images. You are looking at a future where you will communicate in the form of images. Welcome to your first step into that. 

The course aims to empower you with external plus internal visualisation and representation skills, while enabling their eye-hand-mind-heart coordination. Through this course you will learn skills such as sketching, drawing, painting that would help them to comprehend natural and man made structures, objects, space, mass, volumes as well as figures and perspectives. 

The course will teach you comparative study, re-iterate work through exercises especially designed to enhance knowledge of using different materials, trans-disciplinary expressions and imagination. 

This course will also allow you to understand your immediate surroundings and act in the creation of a tool to link your world of imagination with real time representation, aiding in visual communication. 

The course aims to empower the students with external and internal visualization and representation skills and their eye-hand-mind-heart coordination. Through this course students will learn skills such as sketching, drawing, painting to comprehend natural and man made structure, space, mass, volumes. The course will teach comparative study, copy work through exercises, especially designed that aims at empowering the learners with the use of different materials, trans-disciplinary expressions and imagination. This course will allow students to understand their immediate surrounding and the world of imagination that would lay the basis for developing a distinct Visual Language and Aesthetic.

The course  aims to empower the students with  external and internal visualisation and representation skills and their eye-hand-mind-heart coordination. Through this course students will learn skills such as sketching, drawing, painting to comprehend natural and man made structure, space, mass, volumes. The course will teach comparative study, copy work through exercises   especially designed  that aim the learning to use different materials, transdisciplinary expressions and imagination. This course will allow students to understand their immediate surrounding and world of imagination. 

World of Art and Design is an introduction to  the evolution of mankind  from primitive till pre-industrial times through the lens of art. This course gives an overview of the history of art, focusing especially on the religious and politico-social contexts of global history that lead to the innovation of ideas through examples from visual art. The history of  art simultaneously references the histories of architecture, music, literature and design. The first semester begins with the inception of art in primitive societies, and leads up to the Industrial Revolution. The second semester traces the evolution and development of art practices following the Industrial Revolution up to contemporary art practice.

This course will explore the basic elements of design along with the principles of design.

The course will empower students to improve their visualization and representation skills with their hand - eye coordination. It includes detailed study of nature, natural objects, man-made objects, its mechanism, figure study by teaching students to draw as they see their surrounding and environment. It will help students to develop their sketching skills, drawing skills, and painting skills by exploring different mediums.