Rigg Design Prize 2022

Teacher Resource

Design

VCE Visual Communication Design

This resource introduces the Rigg Design Prize 2022. It includes guiding questions to engage students in discussion and analysis of exhibited projects and a Design Brief for students adapted from the original Rigg Design Prize 2022 brief. This resource supports key skills and knowledge for VCE Visual Communication Design including:

Unit 1 Area of Study 3, Outcome 3 – Visual communications in context
Unit 2 Area of Study 3, Outcome 3 – Applying the design process
Unit 3 Area of Study 1, Outcome 1 – Analysis and practice in context
Unit 3 Area of Study 2, Outcome 2 – Design industry practice

Learning Objectives

Identify social and cultural factors that influence the design of visual communications, such as religion, community values and politics
Describe the role of the brief, the design process, and research and analysis in responding to a design problem.
Analyse and articulate how design elements, design principles, methods, media and materials are used in visual communications by different creative agencies to achieve particular purposes for targeted audiences.

About the Rigg Design Prize

The Rigg Design Prize is a prize for contemporary design in Australia, awarded as an outcome of an exhibition that takes place every three years. It is the legacy of Colin Rigg (1895–1982), a former secretary of the NGV’s Felton Bequests’ Committee. Previously known as the Cicely and Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award, the prize was established in 1994 to recognise contemporary design practice in Victoria. Since 2015, the Rigg Design Prize has included short-listed designers from across the country. Each exhibition focuses on a different design area. The Rigg Design Prize 2022 features outstanding Australian practitioners working in the field of Advertising and Creative Communications.

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Guiding Questions for Students

The Rigg Design Prize 2022 Brief

Download and read the Rigg Design Prize 2022 Brief document (below) and answer the following. This document has been adapted for students from the original Brief.

What is the Rigg Design Prize?
Which field of design features in the Rigg Design Prize 2022?
Describe the problem outlined in The Brief

Summarise

The campaign challenge
The required outputs
The judging criteria

The Entries

Look at the images of the installations (shown below) and explore the campaign of the exhibiting finalists. Choose the work of one exhibitor and consider:

Which social or cultural factors (such as religion, community values and politics) have they drawn on to create an impact or communicate a message in their work? How is their research evident in their response? Which audience sector does their campaign address? What is the call to action?
How are design elements and principles used to emphasise or convey the message? How and why is the campaign message adapted across the different outputs?

The Designers

Listen to the interviews with key designers from the different creative agencies. Choose one and make a list of dot points noting the insights that you gain about creativity, the creative design industry and the processes undertaken in producing outputs to meet the Rigg Design Prize 2022 Brief.

Your Response

Choose one of the outputs listed on the Rigg Design Prize 2022 Brief and produce your own response to The Brief using the criteria provided.