BBFD153 Fundamentals of Design Syllabus — AKTU 2024-25

Syllabus

3 units · 24 lecture hours · weightage in %

Unit1

Unit 1: COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

8 hrs

Introduction to Computer
Introduction and parts of computer
Computer Hardware (keyboard, pointing device, scanning device, voice input device)
Output devices (printers & its types, soft copy- CRT, flat panel)
Storage devices (hard disk, optical disk- CD’s, DVD, pen drives etc.)
Computer Software
Working with the Internet

Unit2

Unit 2: WORKING WITH MICROSOFT AND MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS

8 hrs

Create, open, close and save document
Shortcut keys
Creating new templates and layouts, formatting slides, working with text and its formatting (insert slide, indent, bullets, setting format styles & themes, font, style, effects, color, paragraph formatting, align, text direction, word art)
Hyperlinks, drawing tools, animations, transitions, graph and organizational chart (animation preview, slide show option, set up slide show, record narration, rehearse timings)
Presentation view (slide show, slide sorter view, slide view, note page view etc.), Printing presentation (printing option & print preview)

Unit3

Unit 3: INTRODUCTION TO COREL DRAW

8 hrs

Tools and their application
Introduction to Corel Draw software (definition and shortcut keys, RGB and CMYK color modes)
Page layout (size, orientation, page formatting, rulers, guidelines, nudge, table formatting, setting up grids etc.)
Menu bar, property bar, standard bar options
Importing bitmaps and tracing bitmap

Practical Work

VI GESTALT PRINCIPLES
1Continuous Assessment, Assignments & Mini Projects 50%
2Final Practical Examination 50%
Suggested Assignments
PROJECT – 1
•Collect pictures showing structural and decorative design (at least five each)
•Collect pictures of different products showing various elements and principles of design (at least five each)
•Select any simple object from the environment (leaf, flower, phone, car, stationary box, lunch box, pencil, eraser etc.) and give a name to it (proper noun) based on the visible characteristics of the object
•Associate the personality of any one classmate with a color and give reasons PROJECT - 2
•Use dots and lines (individual and combination) to create compositions (atleast five) reflecting movement
•Use shapes – outline and solid color, to make various compositions (atleast five) depicting movement
•Create a composition and depict negative and positive space through it using black ink Replicate different textures from the environment (fifteen)
•Create different visual and tactile textures (atleast ten each) using different material (paints, crayons, oil pastels, color pencils, masking tape, fevicol, rubber solution, candle, sand, glitter, comb, toothbrush, scale, etc.) PROJECT - 3
•Make a Color Wheel
•Depict the different stages of value and saturation of any hue (in five stages)
•Depict a visual composition in different color schemes (one for each scheme)
•Depict a visual composition in warm and cool colors (one each for both) Color Interaction – (three exercises each)
•Make two colors look alike by changing the background
•Make two swatches of same color look different by changing background color
•Color Identification - Depict the color range of a visual in a grid format by visually identifying the percentage of each hue in a grid box and generate the same on another sheet (one exercise) PROJECT - 4
•Create different compositions depicting individual principles (atleast two each)
•Create different compositions correlating different principles (atleast two)
Suggested Visits
•Visitsare to be made under faculty guidance. Illustrated report to be submitted after each visit.
•Graphic / ArtExhibitions
•PhotographyExhibitions
•DesignStudios
•Vegetable market – to studycolors
•Cloth shops – to study colors and use of elements and principles ofdesign

Course Objectives9 points

To learn the basic knowledge of computers and its applications since it has become an integral part of fashiondesign
To familiarize with the computer hardware and software, and Microsoft officepackage
Be able to useinternet
Be able to create multimediapresentations
To learn vector image formats through Corel Drawapplications
To acquire sound knowledge of the principles of graphicdesign
To conceptualize design and its implementation using CorelDraw
To incorporate in design students the ability to represent and create visuals using tools of CorelDraw
To design and develop structural and applied design for product development

Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

CO1Understanding and usage of elements and principles for creating a good design
CO2Instilling exploration and innovation skills to enhance creativity 3
CO3Developing visualization and communication skills 3
CO4Understanding elements and principles of design in the context of apparel designs 4
CO5Understanding the application of skills and processes with different media 5 Evalution Pattern Sr.no Details of the Evalution

Text Books & References15 books

Reference Books

Elements of Design- Space & Form, Albert W.Porter
Elements of Design- Line, Albert W.Porter
Rowland Kurt, Looking & Seeing, Vol. 1-4, Ginn and Company Ltd.London
Basic Principles of Design (Vol. 1-4) ManfredMaier
Interaction of Colors, Josef Albert, Yale UniversityPress
Principles of Color, FabersvanBirren, NostrandReinnoldCompany
Basic Design- The Dynamics of Visual Form, Maurice de Sans Marg, The Herbert Press,1964
Terry Marks, Tina Sutton, MINE, Color Harmony Compendium: a complete color reference for designer of all types, Rockport Pub.,2009