7–10Visual and Motion Design 7–10 Syllabus (2025)
The new Visual and Motion Design 7–10 Syllabus (2025) is to be implemented from 2028 and will replace the Visual Design 7–10 Syllabus (2004).
2026 and 2027 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2028 – Start teaching the new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts. Schools may choose to implement the new syllabus during the planning and preparation phase.
Content
Stage 4
- VMD4-ADJ-01
in Stage 4 teachers may adjust the Stage 5 outcomes as appropriate to the needs of students in Years 7 and 8
Investigate and interpret how design artworks represent systems of codes, symbols, signs, forms and functional qualities, using multisensory language to structure and communicate meaning and influence audiences
Explain how design practitioners and audiences decode and understand design artworks as images, objects and functional systems in different times, cultures or contexts
Respond to ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander designers use signs, symbols and iconography to communicate and sustain meaning over time
Investigate and interpret how designers express ideas and meanings in design artworks about aspects of the world shaped by individual experiences, intuition, emotion, feeling and imagination
Explain how design practitioners and audiences interpret and respond to design artworks from personal perspectives, experiences and associations
Respond to ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander designers express lived experiences and Storytelling in design artworks
Investigate and interpret how design artworks reflect social ideologies, beliefs, values, conditions and shifts in behaviour in communities and societies over time
Explain how design practitioners and audiences consider ethical representation, consent, ownership and cultural sensitivity when designing and interpreting design artworks
Respond to ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander designers represent Cultural and social perspectives of local Community(ies), Country and/or Place
Investigate and interpret how design artworks challenge, critique or reimagine accepted narratives and conventions using current and emerging theories, techniques, processes and technological advancements
Explain how design practitioners and audiences understand design artworks that critique and reassess accepted beliefs, roles and relationships
Examine how meaning is altered when design artworks are reproduced or modified, including through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools
Respond to ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander designers challenge, critique or reimagine accepted narratives, lived experiences and relationships