Packaging Design
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours, SOL Fully online
2021 teaching periods
Hawthorn
Higher Ed. Semester 1 | Higher Ed. Semester 2 | |
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Swinburne Online
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Prerequisites
Aims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Investigate a packaged product category in relation to a defined market.
2. Analyse the economic, environmental and social factors of packaging design
3. Apply understanding of the principles of two and three dimensional design to create a packaging design outcome
4. Review design decision making to formulate and refine design solutions.
5. Develop, document, evaluate and present the iterative design process in a packaging design project.
Courses with unit
BA-EDU Bachelor of Education
BA-EDUPRI1 Bachelor of Education (Primary)
BH-DESIND1 Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (Honours)
BB-MCMNBUS Bachelor of Media and Communication/Bachelor of Business
BH-DESINA Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture) (Honours)
BA-SCRPRD Bachelor of Screen Production
BA-ANI Bachelor of Animation
BH-FTV2 Bachelor of Film and Television (Honours)
BA-ARC Bachelor of Design (Architecture)
BB-GAMIANI Bachelor of Games & Interactivity/Bachelor of Animation
BB-DESMCMN Bachelor of Design/Bachelor of Media and Communication
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
On campus
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Lecture Tutorial |
1 2 |
12 12 |
12 24 |
Online Contact | N/A |
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Specified Learning Activities | N/A |
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|
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study, assignment preparation, revision | Recommended 9 |
12 |
108 |
TOTAL |
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| 144 hours/12.5cp |
SOL
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact | N/A |
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Online Contact | N/A |
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Specified Learning Activities Asynchronous online activities (eg discussion boards), readings, group work etc |
3 |
12 |
36 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study, assignment preparation, revision | Recommended 9 |
12 |
108 |
TOTAL |
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| 144 hours/12.5cp |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Project 1 | Individual | 10% | 1, 2 |
Packaging Design Project 2 | Individual | 30% | 3, 5 |
(Major) Packaging Design Project 3 | Individual | 60% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
General skills outcomes
• Analysis Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• Elements and principles of design
• Packaging systems and materials
• Lateral thinking for concept creation, implementation and communication
• Design processes informed by maker’s, user’s and consumer’s requirements.
• Presentation methods for project outcomes and technical information.
• Teamwork skills
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials will be made available in the Unit Outline.