Course Name | Branding in Design Industry |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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FFD 304 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Case StudyCritical feedbackJurySimulationLecture / Presentation | |||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course is designed to help students understand brands, why brands matter, how brands create value and what contributes creating a successful brand, from a designer perspective. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course offers fundamental knowledge about the strategic branding process and a basic demonstration of visual identity design for creative personal branding. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | X | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Week 1 : Introduction Course Introduction, Grade and Structure of the Course Explanation (Midterm Presentation Brief and Final Project Explanation) | |
2 | Week 2 : Introduction to the Branding -What is brand -What is Branding -What is Personal Branding and why do we need it | Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, Thames & Hudson, 1st Edition September 2016, Chapter 1 Jurgen Salenbacher, Creative Personal Branding: The Strategy to Answer: What's next (English Edition), BIS Publishers, 1st Edition 2013 |
3 | Week 3 : Introduction to the Branding -Idea and concept of “brand” -Brand equity: How brands build massive value, recognition and revenue -How brands surrounds us | Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, Thames & Hudson, 1st Edition September 2016, Chapter 1 |
4 | Week 4 : Investigate / Research -Where brands start at? -Problems / Opportunities Research | Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, Thames & Hudson, 1st Edition September 2016, Chapter 2 |
5 | Week 5 : Investigate / Research -Mapping, Interrogating and Understanding ideas -Unpacking a Strategic Problem -Market Research -Seeing the Market Gap | Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, Thames & Hudson, 1st Edition September 2016, Chapter 2 |
6 | Week 6 : Strategic Narrative of the Brand Core Purpose of the brand: What brands stands for (MTP: Massive Transformative Value) -Verbal Basis of the brand : Manifesto, Headline and different approaches | Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, Thames & Hudson, 1st Edition September 2016, Chapter 3 |
7 | Week 7 : Strategic Narrative of the Brand -Brand Ideals : Vision, Authencity, Differenciation, Coherence, Flexibility, Longevity, Commitment, Transparency & Sustainability, Innovation, Equity | Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, Thames & Hudson, 1st Edition September 2016, Chapter 3 Alina Wheeler, Designing Brand Identity, John Wiley & Sons Inc. USA, 5th Edition 2018, Chapter 2 |
8 | Week 8 : Presentations -10 minutes presentation about Brand research Final Project Brief / Kick-off | |
9 | Week 9 : Identity Design -Where design work starts in branding / designer’s involment -Translating Verbal Narrative of the brand into visual design -Naming of the brand -Creative Brief -Brand Architechture | Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, Thames & Hudson, 1st Edition September 2016, Chapter 4 Alina Wheeler, Designing Brand Identity, John Wiley & Sons Inc. USA, 5th Edition 2018, Chapter 9 Al Ries, Laura Ries, Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, Kindle, 1st Edition 2000, Chapter 3 |
10 | Week 10 : Identity Design -Clients & Perspectives -Connecting identity design with brand strategy -When to know branding process finishes -Project Reviews & Questions | Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, Thames & Hudson, 1st Edition September 2016, Chapter 5 Alina Wheeler, Designing Brand Identity, John Wiley & Sons Inc. USA, 5th Edition 2018, Chapter 9 |
11 | Week 11 : Brand Implementation -How to mix all ingredients of the brand -Without good implementation, brands fall apart -How to you make brands seen, heard and understood | Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, Thames & Hudson, 1st Edition September 2016, Chapter 6 |
12 | Week 12 : Brand Implementation -Single-minded application -Rule-making -Flexiblity / Adaptibility of the brand -Project Reviews & Questions | Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, Thames & Hudson, 1st Edition September 2016, Chapter 6 |
13 | Week 13 : Nurture / Review -Nurturing / Culturing the brand -Absorbing new ideas -Getting rid of outdated ideas -Project Reviews & Questions | Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, Thames & Hudson, 1st Edition September 2016, Chapter 7 |
14 | Week 14 : Final Project Presentation | |
15 | Week 15 : Evaluation of the Semester | Submission of a sample brand book (%30) for creative personal branding |
16 | Week 16 : Evaluation of the Semester |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, Thames & Hudson, 1st Edition September 2016 ISBN 9780500518960 |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Jurgen Salenbacher, Creative Personal Branding: The Strategy to Answer: What's next (English Edition), BIS Publishers, 1st Edition 2013 ISBN 9789063693152 Alina Wheeler, Designing Brand Identity, John Wiley & Sons Inc. USA, 5th Edition 2018 ISBN 9781119375418 Al Ries, Laura Ries, Michael Johnson, Branding: In Five and a Half Steps, HarperCollins e-books, 1st Edition 2000 ASIN : B000FC10H0 |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 |
Presentation / Jury | 2 | 60 |
Project | 1 | 20 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 5 | 100 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 0 | |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 10 | 2 | 20 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 3 | |
Presentation / Jury | 2 | 20 | |
Project | 1 | 9 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | |||
Total | 120 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to develop and design a collection independently. | |||||
2 | To be able to do maintain a design research individually or as a team. | X | ||||
3 | To be able to develop entrepreneurship- and managerial skills for a future professional practice. | X | ||||
4 | To be able to understand, interpret and apply theoretical knowledge in fashion and textile design. | |||||
5 | To be able to analyze and integrate the particular local and regional needs and of their profession. | X | ||||
6 | To be able to obtain a multidisciplinary point of view, follow and analyze the new issues, changes and trends in contemporary design and art in such a way that they can be integrated into design practice. | X | ||||
7 | To be able to apply industrial requirements, knowledge of material & usage and know-how knowledge in the creation of high quality fashion products. | |||||
8 | To be able to use digital information and communication technologies at a level that is adequate to the discipline of fashion and textile design. | |||||
9 | To be able to develop an ongoing analytical and professional approach to academic and design research. | |||||
10 | To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen area of interest. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of fashion and textile design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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