KLS 3561 Art and Design Industries
KLS 3561 Art and Design Industries
Broadly covering the visual arts, graphic and visual design, digital design, and formgiving design (clothing, furniture, interior, etc.), the course facilitates students to gain knowledge about the art and design industries' actors, structures, processes, metrics of value, economic and cultural policy conditions, and methods for problem solving. Students develop basic knowledge in design thinking and artistic methods applicable within and beyond art and design, in art and design related communication/marketing, and in processes of value creation in the art and design industries.
On completion of the course the student should have:
- Acquired ‘mapping’ knowledge about the art and design industries' sub-categories, actors, structures, and processes.
- Basic knowledge of complimentary and competing theories of value used for assessing the worth of art and design goods.
- Basic knowledge of the economic value chain in art and design.
- Basic knowledge of approaches to problem solving in art and design, and how this can be applied to organizations beyond the art and design industries.
- Knowledge of communication, branding and audience challenges facing organizations working with art and design.
After completing the course, the student should be able to:
- Identify and analyse key processes of value creation in the art and design industries.
- Apply basic principles of design thinking and artistic methods in an organizational context beyond art and design.
- Identify and understand basic audience, brand and communication strategies in art and design.
- Develop more competent use of English, with orientation towards its use in the creative industries.
After completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Reflect on the different and sometimes competing attitudes towards the aesthetic and economic elements that are peculiar to the art and design industries.
- Develop a sensibility for the complex range of motivators within both industries.
- A general awareness of key management issues facing the art and design industries.
- Reflect on how problem solving and value creation methods and practices from art and design can be applied in other industries.
- What is art and design and what (if anything) separates them?
- Mapping the art and design industries by their goods, processes, participants, working arrangements, and organizational structures
- Systems of value in art and design, and the correlation and antagonism between these
- The economic value chain in art and design
- Introduction to design thinking and artistic methods applied to non art and design sectors
- Communication and branding in the market for art and design goods and audiences
The course is conducted through participation-oriented seminars run by the course responsible and external guests. The student is encouraged to do the relevant readings prior to seminars, to actively participate in seminar activities, and to work consistently throughout the semester in order to complete and submit all six (6) portfolio assignments.
The student is evaluated on a combination of individual and group tasks presented through a final portfolio that is evaluated at the end of the course. To be eligible to submit the final portfolio, students must submit a draft of the four short portfolio assignments by the set submission dates. Each student will receive feedback on his/her efforts during the semester via one peer evaluation and teacher feedback on one portfolio assignment. All portfolio assignments and corresponding feedback will be anonymously published to all fellow students in the course for self-development.
The final portfolio submission, which will determine each student’s grade, must consist of a total of four portfolio assignments. Except for two mandatory assignments (the sixth assignment and the course participation journal), the student can select the remaining two portfolio assignments for submission from the other portfolio tasks completed during the semester.
Further information on deadlines and structure of the portfolio assignments will be given at the start of the course.
Re-sit examiniation
Students that have not gotten approved the coursework requirements, must re-take the exercises during the next scheduled course.
Students that have not passed the written examination or who wish to improve their grade may re-take the examination in connection with the next scheduled examination.
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Disclaimer
Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.
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| Mandatory coursework | Courseworks given | Courseworks required | Comment coursework |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandatory | 6 | 4 | To be eligible to submit the final portfolio, students must submit a draft of the four short portfolio assignments by the set submission dates. |
| Assessments |
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 100 Grouping: Individual Duration: 1 Semester(s) Exam code: KLS 35611 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
| Activity | Duration | Comment |
|---|---|---|
Teaching | 30 Hour(s) | |
Prepare for teaching | 80 Hour(s) | |
Submission(s) | 90 Hour(s) |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.
To be eligible to submit the final portfolio, students must submit a draft of the four short portfolio assignments by the set submission dates.
The final portfolio submission, which will determine each student’s grade, must consist of a total of four portfolio assignments. Except for two mandatory assignments (the sixth assignment and the course participation journal), the student can select the remaining two portfolio assignments for submission from the other portfolio tasks completed during the semester.