Communication Design

Media Design – Explore | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: 200374104

City of Design – Local Networks

1.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Local agency scene, visiting agencies in Graz and the surrounding area, networking between students and the economy Language: German/English

Media Design – Explore | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: 200374108

Design & Research 1

1.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Lectures alternating with intense phases of research. Students research and work focused on the current developements in their focus. The aquainted knowledge should be transferred between topics and semesters Language: English/German

Media Design – Explore | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: 200374106

Design Management & Strategic Design

1.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Tools and role of contemporary design management, how to implement design thinking in companies, application of futore-orented innovative design principles in companies Language: English

Media Design – Explore | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374107

Designing with Code

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Generative and rule based design with contemporary grafic orientated programming languages like processing, jitter etc Language: English/German

Media Design – Explore | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374105

Marketing and Corporate Identities

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Marketing concepts and strategic planning, branding and brand management, development of a corporate identity on the basis of practical case studies. Language: English

Media Design – Explore | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: 200374101

Media Theory

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

General media theory with special focus on digital media, detailed overview of the most important media and design theories of modernism, the history of the development of communication theories, contemporary references. Overview of media theories of the last 30 years, especially focussing on postmodern theory construction. Language: English

Media Design – Explore | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: 200374102

Narratives and Dramaturgy

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Dramaturgy of analogue and digital media, time-based and static. Language: German

Media Design – Explore | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: 200374103

Psychology of Perception

1.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Basics of the psychology of perception and the physiology of the sensory system. Language: English

Elective Subjects | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374121

3D Media Design

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Planning and prototypical development of their own concepts in 3D Media Design. The emphasis lies on 3D authoring tools combined with projection/visualisation techniques. Language: English

Elective Subjects | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: 200374124

Audio Production and Postproduction

2.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

Within this course standardized audio recording techniques as well as mastering audio for music and film production will be treated, whereby the main focus is on the use of digital audio effects, synchronization of audio equipment, multi-channel environments and metering audio. Practical tests and implementation of concepts will be examined on existing multi-channel procjects.

Elective Subjects | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374122

Screendesign

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

theorie and practice of screendesign, visual aesthetics and displays. Language English/German

Elective Subjects | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: 200374123

Sound and Communication

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Fundamentals of sound and sound propagation, selected chapters of music acoustics, fundamentals of sound perception (relationship of sound event and auditory event), chain of acoustic communication – selected aspects, sound quality, acoustical semantics and speech

Elective Subjects | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374120

User Experience Design

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Development of interaction and interface concepts, content oriented design, development of prototypical solutions. Language: English

Communication Design – Experiment | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374110

Design & Research 1 (COD)

4.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Based on the lectures students research and work focused on the current developements in their focus. The aquainted knowledge should be transferred between topics and semesters. Language: English/German

Communication Design – Experiment | Project Thesis (PA) | Coursecode: 200374111

Project Work 1 – Explore (COD)

8.00

ECTS

5.00

SWS

Realisation of projects combining various media and synergetically using different technologies. In the project works different production processes are implemented in a practical division of labour. In the first project work emphasis lies on the experimental research of up-to-date scenarios and products in communication, media and interaction design, which have to be finalised with a demonstrator or mock-up. Main focus is put on the development of an innovative and visionary idea. Language: English/Deutsch

Communication Design – Experiment | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374109

Visual Communication

4.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

Graphic design (poster, print requirements, editorial design), impartation of graphic design processes in agencies. Language: German

Business and Management – Experiment | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: 200374203

Leadership Lectures

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Leadership and management qualities looking at selected examples. Seminars held by managers of agencies , heads of public relations and designers. Language: English

Business and Management – Experiment | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: 200374204

Project Management

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Basics of professional project management Language: German

Excursions | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374205

Excursion

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Analysis and critical survey of internationally relevant examples of design agencies and similar businesses. Visiting design agencies and other relevant institutions. Language: English

Research and Discourse – Experiment | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: 200374202

Design & Research 2

1.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Lectures alternating with intense phases of research. Students research and work focused on the current developements in their focus. The aquainted knowledge should be transferred between topics and semesters

Research and Discourse – Experiment | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: 200374201

International Design Discourse 1

1.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Current design trends are being discussed on the basis of case studies and web as well as blog entries. Students should develop critical abilities and communication skills. Language: English

Communication Design – Experiment | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374209

Design & Research 2 (COD)

2.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

Lectures alternating with intense phases of research. Students research and work focused on the current developements in their focus. The aquainted knowledge should be transferred between topics and semesters

Communication Design – Experiment | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374207

Interactive Infosystems

3.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

Design and realisation of interactive information systems, media-based information design in public places. Language: English

Communication Design – Experiment | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374208

Presentation Strategies

3.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

Criteria of a good presentation (target group, structure, use of media, interaction and the like), impact of various presentations on the target group; training and evaluation of single methods. Language: English

Communication Design – Experiment | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: 200374206

Print Production

3.00

ECTS

3.00

SWS

Experimental visual design on the basis of an associative task with emphasis on concept, font/text, image/illustration. Applied typography consisting of analysis and reflection on the current use of fonts (print and digital), history of fonts, font designers, font design as discipline, macro typography, designing with images and font. Language: German

Communication Design – Experiment | Project Thesis (PA) | Coursecode: 200374210

Project Work 2 – Experiment (COD)

11.00

ECTS

6.00

SWS

The knowledge gained in Project Work 1 is being refined in iterative processes, the actual topic is being narrowed down and realised in a fully functioning prototype, in which the experimental component predominates. Language: English

Research and Discourse – Product | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: 200374304

Design & Research 3

1.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Lectures alternating with intense phases of research. Students research and work focused on the current developements in their focus. The aquainted knowledge should be transferred between topics and semesters

Research and Discourse – Product | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374305

Final Crit

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

The students' works and the portfolio are subject to feedback given by experts. Language: English

Research and Discourse – Product | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: 200374302

Future Design Lab

1.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Lecture focussing on experimental design concepts in an interdisciplinary and visionary context are being taught. Language: English/German

Research and Discourse – Product | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: 200374303

International Design Discourse 2

1.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Current design research is being discussed on the basis of literature, case studies and web as well as blog entries. What is Research by Design, how could a creative, scientific work look like? Language: English

Research and Discourse – Product | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374301

Proseminar Master´s Thesis

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Basics of scientific work, research, documentation, creative techniques. Language: German

Communication Design – Product | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374306

Creation and Conception

3.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

Experimental visual design on the basis of an associative task with emphasis on interactive media design (expanded cinema, gamification, interactive storytelling, interactive environments). Language: English

Communication Design – Product | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374309

Design & Research 3 (COD)

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Lectures alternating with intense phases of research. Students research and work focused on the current developements in their focus. The aquainted knowledge should be transferred between topics and semesters Language: English/German

Communication Design – Product | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374307

Digital Production

2.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

Conceptual typography, micro typography, intense occupation with typography focused on digital production, grid creation and conception

Communication Design – Product | Project Thesis (PA) | Coursecode: 200374310

Project Work 3 – Product (COD)

14.00

ECTS

7.00

SWS

Based upon the prototype realised in Project Work 2 a realistic product/scenario is being developed. In this process, the students learn how a visionary, innovative idea of an experimental prototype is turned into a marketable product/scenario. Language: English/Deutsch

Communication Design – Product | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374308

Visual Analysis

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

Analysis of visual content, quantitative and qualiitative methods

Master´s Thesis | Master's Thesis (MA) | Coursecode: 200374402

Master´s Thesis

28.00

ECTS

0.00

SWS

Scientific work, supervision of the master thesis.

Master´s Thesis | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: 200374401

Seminar for Master´s Thesis

2.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

Preparation of the master thesis, immersing in the topic of the master thesis, discussion of topics. Language: English