Design Lab

Year 10 deepens design thinking for senior-school readiness. Students EXPLORE complex design problems and industry-style ideation, using professional tools and structured processes. 

Students CONNECT with real-client style briefs, teamwork, pitching and iterative feedback. 

Students CREATE high-level design solutions such as advertising campaigns, digital interfaces, environmental signage, product redesigns and community-focused designs. 

Assessment 
Practical: 

• Comprehensive design folio (research → ideation → prototyping → refinement) 

• Response to a client-style brief 

• Final resolved professional-standard design outcome 

Written: 

• Analytical task exploring a design problem or solution 

• Written design justification demonstrating awareness of audience, purpose & context 

This course forms an excellent foundation for ATAR and General Graphic Design in Years 11 & 12. 

Pre-requisites
There are no pre-requisites for this course

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Contact Information

Mr Kieran Gherardi  
Director of Visual Arts  

Kieran.Gherardi@cewa.edu.au