Year 9 Design & Technology

Year 9 Design & Technology students have been busy enhancing their digital tech skills in graphic design. Over the last few weeks, the class was set with a task to create a magazine spread on an innovative technology of their choice. Students had to conduct research into this technology and present it in an engaging format that considered the elements and principles of design. Using the skills learnt in their last packaging redesign task, students were told to use Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Indesign in the development of their designs. Demonstrations of their research and experimentation with their skills in design was documented in their folios.

To succeed in the task, students were provided a challenge in each lesson to create an element for the development of their magazine. The first challenge was looking at magazine spreads they liked and sketching a magazine storyboard that included all the relevant information for a magazine (such as text place holders, image place holders, headings, gridlines, guidelines). From their initial sketches of their spreads, students were provided with challenges each lesson to develop their magazine. Some of the challenges included conducting really good photography of products for their magazine, editing the photos on photoshop, and formatting text in a magazine.

It was exciting to see the Year 9 students create amazing magazine spreads. Students all achieved the creation of a magazine spread which included elements of visual design. We hope you enjoy a snapshot of some of their magazine spreads!