SACE Stage 2 Visual Arts - Design case studies
SACE Stage 2 Visual Arts - Design · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Visual Arts - Design is a Stage 2 subject within the South Australian Certificate of Education, listed by the SACE Board among the Stage 2 subjects taught in schools. It sits in the Creative Arts area of the curriculum and is studied by students in their final year of senior secondary schooling, typically Year 12, who want a design-focused practical arts pathway rather than the Visual Arts - Art variant. The SACE Stage 2 Visual Arts - Design case studies are 5 cases and about 2,328 words.
1The Overworked Poster and the Word Count
A student submits a resolved poster for a music festival: a 594 × 841 mm (A1) digital print, CMYK, with a 3 mm bleed omitted. The brief required a 600-word practitioner's statement; the student submits 412 words.
490 words, about 2 min2Folio With Beautiful Sketches, No Decisions
A folio contains 38 pages. Pages 1–12 are mood boards of 'inspiration' images with no annotations.
465 words, about 2 min3When the Visual Study Contradicts the Product
A student's visual study investigates 'colour and emotion in packaging', citing three sources and concluding that warm colours (red, orange, yellow) increase appetitive response and are therefore preferred for food packaging. The student's resolved product is a range of three tea boxes for a calm, sleep-oriented herbal blend.
456 words, about 2 min4The Statement That Describes Instead of Argues
A student's 640-word practitioner's statement is grammatically clean and within the word limit. It contains: a 90-word plot of the narrative behind a book cover; a 150-word list of tools (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, a Wacom tablet); a 200-word description of what is visible in the cover (a figure, a doorway, a gradient); a 120-word biography of the author; and an 80-word conclusion saying the design 'works well and meets the brief'.
456 words, about 2 min5Group Work, Individual Marks
Three students collaborate on a folio for a shared hypothetical client: a local council wanting wayfinding signage for a coastal reserve. They divide labour: Student A does all research and writing, Student B does all drawing and renders, Student C builds the final digital files and the presentation.
461 words, about 2 min