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AHT3130Renaissance to Baroque: Italian art and architecture in context
No reviews yetUnitLevel 36 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This unit is only offered in Prato (Italy). This unit focuses on the art and architecture of early modern Italy. Key examples of Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque painting, sculpture, architecture, material culture, urbanism and landscape...
Prato
AHT1101Renaissance to romanticism
No reviews yetUnitLevel 16 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This unit introduces you to the history of art from the Renaissance to Romanticism. Key historical and theoretical topics from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries will be explored, such as: the rise of the artist and the emergence of...
Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield
TDN3001Research for design
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This unit enables you to become an effective design researcher by exploring and applying current research methodologies to investigate real-world issues connecting design, society, culture, and the environment, all while developing...
Summer ASemester 1Caulfield
DGN2525Sensory design
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
In this unit, you will expand on your design practice to consider senses other than sight. Your introduction into the topic will include exploration and discussion of examples and approaches to sensory design, which may include an expanded...
Semester 2Caulfield
DGN2310Service design studio
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This unit introduces human-centred design methodologies to help you understand, visualise, and design services and systems. Service designers play a pivotal role in driving innovation in today’s complex, interconnected world. Grounded in...
Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield
DGN1520Social media for design analysis and communication
No reviews yetUnitLevel 16 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
In this unit you will explore how social media platforms influence the way design is conceived, communicated, and consumed. Through critical analysis of visual and textual content, you will examine how online imagery both reflects and...
Semester 1Caulfield
TDN2001Sociologies of design
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This unit explores the social and cultural dimensions of design by introducing key theories and encouraging you to analyse design artefacts through these lenses. You will connect these concepts to your own design practice, fostering...
Summer ASemester 1Caulfield
FNA2034Sound in the space of art
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This unit investigates the possibilities of sound and listening in relationship to practices of contemporary art. Diverse approaches and ideas will be explored through both critical and practical encounters with the history of sound art,...
SDN1002Spatial design studio 2
No reviews yetUnitLevel 112 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
In this unit you will engage with experiential and functional qualities of space. Two projects will explore the key concept of inhabitation for both human and non-human beings. You will be introduced to design methods such as site...
Semester 2Caulfield
SDN2001Spatial design studio 3
No reviews yetUnitLevel 212 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
In this unit you will engage with notions of change as a key consideration for spatial practice. Two fundamental modules will be explored: the development of design as a process of discovery, connecting introductory research concepts; and...
Semester 1Caulfield
SDN3001Spatial design studio 4
No reviews yetUnitLevel 312 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
In this unit, you will focus on spatial advocacy and social contexts through an empathetic and situated approach. You will explore the ways spatial design practice relates to and influences justice, resilience, and equity through examining...
Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield
SDN3002Spatial design studio 5
No reviews yetUnitLevel 312 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
In this final studio unit, you will develop speculative designs that reimagine the spaces we inhabit in the future. Building on skills developed in previous studios, you will develop your own design speculation in response to one of the...
Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield
FNA1111Studio practices 1
No reviews yetUnitLevel 16 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This studio introduces you to a wide spectrum of contemporary art practices and interdisciplinary methods. You will experiment with image making and sculptural forming processes across our studio workshop areas. From these experiments you...
Semester 1Caulfield
FNA1112Studio practices 2
No reviews yetUnitLevel 112 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This studio unit builds on the foundations of Studio 1 by extending your conceptual and technical exploration. You will refine your use of diverse mediums and start producing more resolved works. Ethical and sustainable approaches are...
Semester 2Caulfield
FNA2211Studio practices 3
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This studio focuses on deepening your interdisciplinarity and conceptual clarity. You will engage more critically with contemporary discourses and professional practices, integrating research into your creative inquiry. Technical control...
Semester 1Caulfield
FNA2212Studio practices 4
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This studio emphasises self-initiated projects informed by research and contemporary theory. You will extend your interdisciplinary practice to generate innovative outcomes, while also engaging in sustained peer critique and collaborative...
Semester 2CaulfieldPrato
FNA3111Studio practices 5
No reviews yetUnitLevel 312 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This studio prioritises independent investigation and the development of a focused body of work. You are expected to demonstrate innovation in concept and material practice while critically situating your work in global and professional...
Semester 1Caulfield
FNA3112Studio practices 6
No reviews yetUnitLevel 312 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This studio culminates in an independent, critically positioned body of work exhibited at a professional standard. You will demonstrate mastery of materials, advanced conceptual articulation, and integration of ethical and global...
Semester 2Caulfield
DGN1303The language of graphic design
No reviews yetUnitLevel 16 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
In this unit you will study the work of innovative visual designers from Modernism until the present. You will analyse how designers use pictorial images and words to convey meanings; and how they achieve this by employing a form of visual...
Semester 2Caulfield
ADA3012Transdisciplinary studies
No reviews yetUnitLevel 36 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This project based unit explores the potentials for dialogue and synergies between multiple disciplinary knowledges and perspectives. The unit supports double degree students to combine their areas of study and apply them to address key...