Communication (Graphic products option)
Overview
Designing a graphic product is only half the job. The other half is getting the idea out of your head and into the heads of clients, printers and the rest of the design team without the message getting lost on the way. This topic looks at how graphic designers share proposals using text messages, emails and social media, how teams work together with collaborative and remote-working tools, and which digital tools and software a designer actually reaches for at the desk.
For the Graphic products option you are expected to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of each channel rather than just list them. Knowing why an email beats a text for a formal sign-off, or why a shared cloud file is safer than a chain of attachments, is exactly the kind of reasoned judgement the examiner is looking for. This note builds that judgement step by step.
Objectives
- understand the advantages and disadvantages of using text, emails and social media platforms in communicating design proposals
- understand the advantages and disadvantages of using collaborative and remote working software in communicating design proposals
- show knowledge of the use of digital tools and software in graphic design.
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- Which communication method gives the strongest dated, searchable record of a client approving a design? A. A text message B. An email C. A comment on a social media post D. A spoken phone call Answer: B
- What is a major disadvantage of posting a confidential design proposal on social media? A. Social media is too slow to reach an audience B. The idea can be leaked, copied or stolen before launch C. Social media cannot display images at all D. It is more expensive than email Answer: B
- Which type of software is most suitable for creating a logo that must scale from a business card to a large banner? A. Raster (bitmap) image editor B. Word processor C. Vector graphics editor D. Spreadsheet software Answer: C
- A team uses a shared cloud design file instead of emailing attachments to each other. What is the main benefit? A. It works without any internet connection B. It removes all need for client approval C. Everyone edits one up-to-date master version, avoiding version confusion D. It automatically converts colours to CMYK Answer: C
- A poster designed in bright RGB on screen prints out looking dull. What is the most likely cause? A. The file was saved as a PDF B. The vivid RGB colour cannot be reproduced by CMYK printing ink C. The image was a vector graphic D. The email attachment was too large Answer: B
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