Top Designs 2026 and an interactive experience- SENSAS excursion

As part of the study for Visual Communication Design (VCD), the Year 12 VCD students attended the Made to Move and John Golling’s exhibition at the National Gallery Victoria Australia at the Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square on Friday 27th March. Made to move presents from the NGV’s holdings of Australian jewellery spanning 1960 to 2020. Students also viewed John Gollings, Australian photographer and his collection of his architectural photography that bridges modernism and the present day, celebrating Australian architecture through a surreal lens.

We then walked to the NGV where we discussed Westwood and Kawakubo’s artwork and fashion pieces. After lunch, students explored the Games World exhibition at ACMI as part of their games and interactive experiences exploration.

This visit provided inspiration for student’s folio work and school-assessed tasks through viewing different design exhibitions from all design fields of messages, objects, environments and interactive experiences as part of their folio work this year. We are brainstorming different ideas and researching contemporary designers and their work as part of their research along with observational drawings, site visits and interviewing their target audience as part of their analysis for their studies. I have heard many exciting ideas, and I am looking forward to seeing what ideas they have come up with for their designs.

Emily Sacco

Arts/ Design Teacher

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