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Lesson Information

Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course This course aims to describe visual identity design. It also aims to create desired images and impressions.
Course Content Urban planning, ethnology, graphic design and different approaches of sciences of communication. The relationship between urban visual identity and the discipline of communication. Different dimensions of urban visual identity. Comparison of physical visual identity and graphical visual identity and examples of their practice.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Introduction to city, cultural structure and identity.
2Visual identity as a way of communication.
3Urban brand and visual identity
4Logotype as an element of visual identity
5The importance of city logos
6Language and discourse of urban logos
7Urban transformation urban identity. Examples of some practices.
8Midterm exam- The effects of urban design on urban identity.
9The character of urban identity in time
10The connection between city, identity and globalization
11Itinerant images of cities
12Socio-cultural geography of urban places.
13Local projects in terms of urban visual identity.
14Local projects in terms of urban visual identity.

Resources

1-Filiz Susar, Pınar Eraslan Yayınoğlu, Kent, Görsel Kimlik ve İletişim, Umuttepe Yayınları.