COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
VCD3142 Point of Purchase Design Fall 2 2 3 5
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İPEK TORUN
Course Lecturer(s): Instructor MATİLDE WOL
Course Objectives: Point of Purchase (also called POP) or Point of Sales (POS) are a cost-effective way to increase sales and brand awareness.
An essential course for creating striking and innovative designs and store displays. Students work on a wide range of formats, dimensions, styles, and a whole visual language that is used to entice the customer into the purchase. Colors, textures, lighting, and graphic art fuse to create expressive, captivating, and functional systems, capable of capturing the attention of potential buyers.
With full-color photographs throughout, Point of Purchase is a must for any advertising campaign involved in retail, interior, exhibition, stand, and event design.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Identify the needs of BTL (belove the line) advertising design
2) Researching design and store displays
3) Identify formats, dimensions, styles and typography
4) Analyse concept-product-potential buyers relationship
5) Execute recall of the brand and highlight the features of the product
6) Execute different design layouts
7) Execute production process

Course Content

Design and store display, design process are discussed.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the course
2) Principles of POP DESIGN
3) Discussing current POP designs
4) Research/Chossing a brand (different for each student)
5) First layouts presentation
6) Final layout presentation/ BTL Campaign
7) Review and Process
8) Researching current POP designs
9) Discussing current POP designs
10) Research/ one brand for all the students
11) Concept board presentation
12) Working on POP materials/layouts presentation 1
13) layout presentation 2
14) Review and Process

Sources

Course Notes:
References: Point of Purchase Design Annual 6 and 7 www.popai.com Creativity- David E. Carter(Editor)-www.harpercollins.com The One Show- www.oneclub.org Archive- Ads and posters magazine-www.luezersarchive.com Communications Arts- www.commarts.com Mediacat Kırmızı Marketing Türkiye Novum

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 15 % 20
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Field Work % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments % 0
Presentation 3 % 25
Project % 0
Seminar % 0
Midterms 1 % 25
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final 1 % 30
Paper Submission % 0
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 30
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Laboratory
Application 14 28
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class
Presentations / Seminar
Project
Homework Assignments
Quizzes
Preliminary Jury
Midterms 14 28
Paper Submission
Jury
Final 14 28
Total Workload 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field.
2) Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field.
3) Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes.
4) Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills.
5) Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually.
6) Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems.
7) Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field.
8) Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives.
9) Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels.
10) Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field.
11) Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project.
12) Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project.
13) Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work.
14) Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works.