Elements and Performance Criteria
- Develop an industry focus for design practice
- Establish the current and potential range of professional opportunities for graphic design practice
- Determine key professional relationships for graphic designers
- Evaluate ways that graphic designers do business and the business practices they use
- Engage with industry networks and sources as part of a developing professional practice
- Address key legal and safety requirements for graphic design practice
- Research and evaluate graphic design trends
- Develop skills to meet trends
- Develop own response to changing trends and technologies
- Assess the implications and consequences of graphic design trends on own work
- Use critical analysis to identify creative or commercial opportunities presented by emerging trends
- Develop systems and habits to identify and respond to industry trends
- Refine approaches to work in the context of current and emerging trends