Visual Lab 7.5 credits

Visual Lab is a practical course focused on new and advanced tools and techniques connected to the field of graphic and visual design. Through a series of teacher led tutorials, workshops, and assignments the students develop new knowledge about state-of-the-art techniques and software in photo editing, vector graphics, motion graphics and print design. As a final graded individual project, the students are encouraged to solve a given brief using these techniques as well as other new tools that they seek out themselves. Creativity and experimentation are encouraged. The course includes the following elements: - Workshops and assignments in photo editing, photo manipulation, and digital collage techniques - Workshops and assignments in advanced vector graphics - Workshops and assignments in animation and interaction using vector graphics and code - Workshops and assignments in motion graphics - Workshops and assignments in state-of-the-art tools and techniques for print design including printing techniques for unusual materials and textures - Individual project focused on creatively solving a given brief using new and state-of-the-art tools and techniques (examples: agumented reality, 3D, animation)