Unit LABORATORY OF DESIGN

Course
Design
Study-unit Code
A002160
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Benedetta Terenzi
CFU
15
Course Regulation
Coorte 2025
Offered
2025/26
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

DESIGN

Code A002162
CFU 5
Teacher Benedetta Terenzi
Learning activities Base
Area Formazione di base nel progetto di design
Academic discipline ICAR/13
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

Cognomi A-L

CFU
5
Teacher
Benedetta Terenzi
Teachers
  • Benedetta Terenzi
Hours
  • 45 ore - Benedetta Terenzi

Cognomi M-Z

CFU
5
Teacher
Maria Dolores Morelli
Teachers
  • Maria Dolores Morelli
Hours
  • 45 ore - Maria Dolores Morelli

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Code A002163
CFU 5
Teacher Valeria Menchetelli
Learning activities Base
Area Formazione di base nel progetto di design
Academic discipline ICAR/13
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

Cognomi A-L

CFU
5
Teacher
Valeria Menchetelli
Teachers
  • Valeria Menchetelli
Hours
  • 45 ore - Valeria Menchetelli
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
The course aims to convey the fundamental principles of graphic design.
Reference texts
Pierpaolo Vetta, Sergio Polano. (2002). Abecedario. Electa.

Daniele Baroni, Maurizio Vitta. (2003). Storia del Design Grafico. Longanesi.

Massimo Vignelli. (2010).The Vignelli Canon. Lars Mu¨ller Publishers.

Daniele Barbieri. (2011). Guardare e leggere. La comunicazione visiva dalla pittura alla tipografia. Carocci.

Lars Mu¨ller. (2015). Josef Mu¨ller-Brockmann, Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design. Lars Mu¨ller Publishers.

Wally Olins. (2015). Brand new. Il futuro del branding nella società che cambia. Einaudi.

Ferro Piludu. (2016). Segno Libero. Elèuthera.
Educational objectives
The course aims to develop theoretical, methodological and operational tools for design and communication (design strategy and communication). The course will guide students to understand and explore the execution phases of a project by stimulating the development of a personal and original design method through analysis, research, concept design, development, and final presentation of the project. The course will include an overview of the main moments in the evolution of the design discipline and the 'typographical form' starting from experiences of modernity and the avant-garde. Students will be involved in a series of projects focused on the importance of visual communication and on the fundamental relationship/interaction between design and typography, where shapes, signs and fonts merge into a balanced and harmonious communicative structure.
Prerequisites
None
Teaching methods
The course includes theoretical lessons and practical exercises.
Other information
None
Learning verification modality
Practical exercises: elaboration of graphic design themes developed both independently and in a team, to verify critical skills and relational abilities.
Oral exam: individual discussion lasting about thirty minutes, supported by the graphic design works produced and aimed at ascertaining expressive and communicative skills.
Extended program
1. Acquire basic problem-solving and Lateral Thinking processes.

2. Assimilate the basic principles of composition in two-dimensional space.

3. Acquire a basic typographical grammar to structure verbal messages in visual terms.

4. Understand the role of images in graphic communication.

5. Learn the basic theories of communication including semiotics, rhetoric, and narrative, and their applications in design.

6. Understand the importance and value of a brand/visual identity and its relationship to the Brand concept.

7. Acquire a basic knowledge of the history of typefaces and graphic design from the early Renaissance to contemporary design.

8. Acquire the skills and abilities necessary for the execution of projects in the function of a projection in the world of work.

9. Learn the criteria for the evaluation of design solutions.

10. To assimilate and appreciate the culture of design.

11. Discover the emotional aspects of graphic design.

12. Understand professional contexts such as media, types of clients, public and private.

Cognomi M-Z

CFU
5
Teacher
Marika Mastrandrea
Teachers
  • Marika Mastrandrea
Hours
  • 45 ore - Marika Mastrandrea

MARKETING AND CORPORATE COMMUNICATION

Code A002164
CFU 5
Teacher Antonio Picciotti
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze economiche e sociali
Academic discipline SECS-P/08
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

Cognomi A-L

CFU
5
Teacher
Antonio Picciotti
Teachers
  • Antonio Picciotti
Hours
  • 45 ore - Antonio Picciotti

Cognomi M-Z

CFU
5
Teacher
Antonio Picciotti
Teachers
  • Antonio Picciotti
Hours
  • 45 ore - Antonio Picciotti
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