Palmerston North Girls’ High School
Design and Visual Communication
Why study Design and Visual Communication?
Design and Visual Communication is a creative and innovative subject which allows you to use your knowledge across all subjects, to design and create awesome solutions for product and spatial briefs. DVC focuses on understanding and applying drawing techniques and design practice to communicate ideas.
Students will be introduced to CAD (Computer Aided Design) and other relevant software to create and model their designs. They will also be introduced to the latest technology such as laser cutters alongside more traditional sketching, rendering and drawing techniques to demonstrate their creativity and thinking. Every aspect of our daily lives involves design, from the products we use to the spaces we occupy.
Students who study DVC are open to career pathways such as: Interior Design, Architecture, Creative Technologies, Spatial and Industrial Design, Product Design, Engineering and other design fields at tertiary level education.
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