摘要：This article would argue that basic design in undergraduate design study is equally significant in bothfreshmen as well as senior years (when projects of simulated professional practice tend to regard contexts asmore significant than visual itself). It will be shown that basic design plays a profound role throughout the wholeeducation setting, from lectures, form-creation process, to design criticism and assessments. It even expands itsworth into sphere of professional practice, as long as form analysis and form-making ability are still demandedas a vital part of designer’s set of competencies. For how could visual analytic or consideration become lessimportant than e.g. marketing, since designer becomes designer, if and only if he/she has certain competence invisual instead of academic-grade marketing? More after, this brief inquiry employs the method of literary studyin conjunction with direct and indirect observation through the internet concerning design education and itspractice, followed by critical reflections. The outcome of this study would be a firm recommendation for basicdesign engagement through the whole education years, since its descriptive-generative functions of visual are yethighly relevant, for they lie at the very core of visual communication design discipline itself.
