COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHIC DESIGN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRA 6117 ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHIC DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 2 0 9

Offered By

Graphic

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TUĞCAN GÜLER

Offered to

Graphic

Course Objective

Having benefits of graphic design in some certain conceptual purposes and running information about direction in interior and exterior spaces.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand graphic design in a broader context.
2   To be able to examine communication based graphic works evolution.
3   To be able to run active and passive projects simultaneously.
4   To be able to have the fundamental principles on wayfinding and signage design.
5   To be able to have information about wayfinding strategy.
6   To be able to create successful land high quality designs.
7   To be able to have the benefits of harmony between information interface and its strategy.
8   To be able to work with corporate identity graphics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Environmental Graphic Design The Historical Evolution Related Fields
2 Environmental Graphic Design Corporate Graphics - Placemaking
3 Project 01: Placemaking for the city
4 Project 01: Defining Place and Subject
5 Project 01: Visualization Examples
6 Project 01: Presentation and critics
7 Project 02: Introduction to Exhibition Design
8 Project 02: Storytelling Strategy for interiors and exteriors
9 Project 02: Creating the Process
10 Project 02: Interface design
11 Project 02: Sketches for interface design - 1
12 Project 02: Sketches for interface design - 2
13 Project 02: Strategy and interface design along with blueprints
14 Revision of the term

Recomended or Required Reading

What is Exhibition Design , Jan Lorenc - Lee Skolnick - Craig Berger
Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Tufte
Wayfinding and Signage Design, Chris Calori
Wayshowing, Per Mollerup
Türkiye Sergicilik ve Fuarcılık Tarihi, Gökhan Akçura
Grafik Tasarım Kuramı, Helen Armstrong
Pictograms Icons and Signs, Hübner - Abdullah

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture (seminar), presentation, class discussion, workshops in and out of class time, sketches, critics on projects.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) FCG * 1


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-Mail: tugcan.guler@deu.edu.tr
Office Phone: (90-232) 412 9168

Office Hours

In addition to class hours, it is possible to meet in every Friday between 09.00 to 10.30.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Design Project 2 45 90
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 216

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.145
LO.235
LO.3544
LO.4553
LO.5434
LO.6445
LO.755
LO.85