Art direction 2

Module title:

Art direction 2

Module overview:

This module enables the expansion and synthesizing of knowledge in the fields of advertising and marketing concepts, by applying the skills taught in related modules of Photography, Illustration, Typography, and Psychology of market communications and provides special emphasis on styles and tools related to the practice of visual design of marketing communications, selection of media channels, realization, and production.

Educational units include specific knowledge and methods that will provide students with independence in designing visual projects and mastering the harmony of content and form at an advanced level. Through the practical project tasks, the process of designing a real project is simulated, and all steps, techniques, and methods of realization of the selected conceptual solution are learned, from mood board and layout to the final designed solution. Students will gain confidence in explaining the solution of each stage, practicing presentation skills, and perfecting the preparation of the final presentation. The module includes content related to recent and relevant events in the art direction scene.
In this module students will learn:
provide students with specialized methodology and skills that can be applied within the professional work of design process management
enable the learning of design and methods of realization of the selected conceptual solution

Literature:

Required readings:
1.Mahon, N. (2017) Basics Advertising 02 - Art Direction, London, Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Supplementary readings:
1.Arens, W.F. (2020) Contemporary Advertising. 16th edn, New York, McGraw-Hill Education
2.Heller, S. and Vienne, V. (2009) Art Direction Explained at Last!, London, Laurence King Publishers
3.Berger, W. (2004) Advertising Today, New York, Phaidon Press
4.Heller, S. and Vienne, V. (2005) The Education of an Art Director, New York, Allworth Press
5.Pincas, S. and Loiseau, M. (2008) A History of Advertising, Cologne, Taschen