Syllabus - Design Processes & Perspectives (SD304)

Design thinking for Graphics

Role of Graphic Design in Society-Elements of Graphic design: Basic elements-relational elements- Intentional Elements–Principles of Graphic Design-Implications and Impact of Graphic Design –Graphic Design Process: Design thinking Definition – Design thinking stages

Inspecting and deciding visual elements for design thinking

Define the problem – Research the problem: Identifying drivers - Information gathering-Target groups – Idea Generation for the problem - Basic design directions-Questions and answers-Themes of thinking – Brainstorming Deciding elements to design - Sketching and Drawing - Lines, shapes, Negative space/white space, Volumes, Value, Color, Texture- Color: Colors Theories-Color wheel - Color Harmonies or Color Schemes- Color Symbolism – Font - Layout

Basic Syntax of HTML, Elements, Attributes, heading, paragraph, styles, formatting, comments, colors, links, images, tables, lists, forms, media. Cascading Style Sheets

Introduction to CSS, Syntax, Selectors, Box Model, Inline, internal and External CSS, colors, borders, margin, padding z-index.

The Basics of JavaScript

Client-side scripting with JavaScript, variables, functions, conditions, loops and repetition, Pop up boxes, Advance JavaScript: Javascript and objects, JavaScript own objects, the DOM and web browser environments, Manipulation using DOM, forms and validations, DHTML : Combining HTML, CSS and Javascript, Events and buttons

PHP&MYSQL

PHP and MySQL: Basic commands with PHP examples, Connection to server, creating database, selecting a database, listing database, listing table names, creating a table, inserting data, altering tables, queries, deleting database, deleting data and tables, PHP myadmin and database bugs