KLS 3561 Art and Design Industries
KLS 3561 Art and Design Industries
Art and Design Industries provides an introduction to key economic-related themes that characterize professional actors and structures in the art and design sectors. The course is relevant for students interested in building foundational knowledge about the structure and logics of the art, museum, cultural heritage, and design industries. It is also relevant for students seeking a basic understanding of how tools and methods from art and design can be employed in a wider business context.
The course follows a modular structure that covers key topics in art and design as industries. Module 1 provides a framing of art and design through an introductory mapping of their eco-systems and major actors. Module 2 provides an introduction to key methods of creating value (both economic and non-economic) in art and design, including the value impact of recent digital innovation. Module 3 examines issues critical to communication and marketing in art and design. Module 4 provides an introduction to challenges and solutions to funding in art and design. Finally, module 5 looks at how and why methods and tools from art and design are being used in business located outside of the traditional art and design industries.
On completion of the course the student should have:
- Acquired basic knowledge about the art and design industries' sub-categories, actors, structures, and logics
- Basic knowledge of complimentary and competing theories of value used for assessing the worth of art and design goods
- Basic knowledge of how technologies such AI and blockchain are impacting the art and design fields
- Knowledge of communication, branding and audience challenges facing organizations working with 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
After completing the course, the student should be able to:
- Identify and analyse key processes of value creation in the art and design industries
- Identify and understand basic audience, brand and communication strategies in art and design
- Identify organizational situations where principles of design thinking and artistic methods could be a useful problem solving tool
- Develop more competent use of English, with orientation towards its use in the creative industries
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Reflect on the different types of value generated in 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 the art and design industries are being reshaped by emerging technologies
- Reflect on how problem solving and value creation methods and practices from art and design can be applied in other industries
- Introduction to art and design industries by mapping their goods, processes, participants, working arrangements, and organizational structures
- The creation of economic and non-economic values in art and design, including the role of technology
- Communication and branding in the market for art and design goods and audiences
- Challenges and solutions to funding in art and design
- Introduction to design thinking and artistic methods applied to non-art and design sectors
The course is conducted with lectures, worshops, case discussions, and online materials.
The course assigns three ‘during semester’ portfolio assignments to be completed in the form of short texts. Students are also expected to complete a brief activity at the end of each seminar that will contribute to their course 'participation journal'.
Subject to posting anonymized versions of their short texts on Its Learning, students will receive teacher feedback on one of their short texts.
Re-sit examination
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.
Higher Education Entrance Qualification
Disclaimer
Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.
No specific prerequisites are required.
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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 |
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Teaching | 24 Hour(s) | 12 x 2hr seminars |
Webinar | 6 Hour(s) | 3 x 2 hrs workshops |
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.
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.