Creative product may include: | platforms:digital media, such as CDs, DVDs, films, games consoles, kiosks, mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), slide shows, television, videos and websitestactile media, such as displays, exhibitions, presentations and print publicationstwo and three-dimensional visual forms:digital media, such as animation, audio, code/script, film, graphic, image, modelling, text and videotactile media, such as cardboard, clay, fabric, fibre, film, glass, ink, lacquer, latex, leather, metal, paint, paper, photograph, plaster, plastic, pulp, resin, rubber, sand, stone, wax, wire and woodtypes:business and corporatecommunityeducational and trainingentertainmentephemeralexperiencesinformationpersonalpromotional. |
Information sources may include: | copyright and legal representativesinnovative industry practitionerselectronic and print media, including news, reviews and articlesemployee association or union representatives, and other sources of industrial relations informationevents, such as industry functions, conferences, trade fairs, community activities, expositions, exhibitions, festivals, social events and symposiumsgovernment bodies and associated publicationsindustry associationsinternetlibraries and archives, such as text, film, video, sound and graphiclifestyle and contemporary issues magazinesmuseums, galleries and studiosnational and international journals, such as art, computing and design journalspersonal observations and experienceprofessional competitions and awardsretail and wholesale suppliers of products and servicestechnical publications and reference bookstraining programs, seminars, workshops, master classes and professional development opportunities. |
Design and production requirements may include: | access to resources, such as:software, including authoring, composition, drafting, drawing, graphics, image capture, image manipulation and page layoutequipment, including computer hardware, drawing tools, and hand and power toolsmedium, including digital and tactileaesthetic considerations, such as:featuresfinishstyle, including interactive or staticcommercial considerations, such as:budget and costs, including design, production and marketingbusiness riskfeasibilitymanufacturabilitymarketabilityproduction method, such as mass, batch or one-offprofitabilitysustainabilitytimeframeviabilitycultural, ethical and social considerations, such as:accessibilitybenefitsequityuser friendlinessfunctional considerations, such as:efficiency and effectivenessergonomicsinstructional integrityreliabilityspatialregulatory and technical considerations, such as:conditions of useenvironmentalhealth and safetyindustry and/or design standardslegal, contractual and copyrightlicensing, such as product or open sourcemedium characteristics and capabilitiesownership and intellectual property. |
Critical thinking techniques may include: | analysing and evaluating actions and policiesclarifying issues, values and standardscomparing similar situationscomparing and contrasting ideals with practicecomparing and evaluating beliefs, interpretations and theories developing criteria for evaluationdistinguishing relevant from irrelevant factsexamining and evaluating assumptionsexploring implications and consequencesgenerating and assessing solutionsmaking interdisciplinary connectionsmaking plausible inferences and predictionsnoting significant similarities and differencesreading and listening criticallyrecognising contradictionstransferring insights to new contextsusing critical vocabulary. |
Entrepreneurial attitudes may include: | ability to act on intuition and assumptionsability to think laterally and independentlyability to work within ambiguity and uncertaintyconfidence in self and visioncuriositydesire to take risksflexibilityinterest in pursuing new ideas. |
Appropriate documentation methods may include: | diagramsdrawings or sketches: manual or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD)electronic presentationsillustrationslayoutsmock-upsmodelsplanspractice piecesprototypessamplesverbal presentationswritten notes with rationale or description. |
Appropriate persons may include: | clientscommissioning body or organisationcommunity organisation competitorsconstruction staffdesign teamearly adoptersmanagement staffmanufacturersmaterial importers and suppliersmentorspeersproduction staff sales staffsuppliers target market. |
Elements and principles of design may include: | design elements:colourdirectionformlightlinemasspointshapesizespacetexturetimetonevaluedesign principles:balancecontrastdominanceemphasisharmonymovementpatternproportionrhythmunity. |
Professional success may relate to: | adoption of design by key businesses or individualsemployment offersexhibition of work further opportunities for workpotential for collaboration on future projectspromotion of work by otherssales of workseemingly unconnected professional opportunities. |