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About the Course

This condensed survey course focuses on four key periods or themes from the history of design in the West. Together we’ll trace the emergence of design as a recognized practice, why things look the way they do, and how designers approached specific design problems in their work. Students will develop an understanding of where the wide variety of today’s design practice comes from. By participating in this survey of the works of innovative groups and individuals, we outline the process by which graphic design moved from a purely instrumental practice, to becoming a demanding creative and hybridized field. Each week, a short quiz will test your knowledge of concepts, and a short reflective assignment will give you the opportunity to analyze the questions designers ask themselves today. This is an essential course for emerging designers entering the field, or for students interested in learning more about visual culture and analysis. No previous experience is required. A note about this course: This course is taught from the perspective of contemporary design, to connect ideas that helped formulate design practice from the 1850s through the 1960s to the ways that designers think today. The relationship of words and pictures in graphic design is looked at through the ever-changing social and cultural contexts, technologies, aesthetics, and politics of their eras. The definition and practice of graphic design includes all public visual communications, which is a global practice. It was the evolution of mass production and communication in the West that specifically redefined graphic design as a professional practice and is this course’s particular narrative. We hope students will consider how to connect the themes and ideas offered in this course to your own culture....

Top reviews

SV

Nov 8, 2020

This is another awesome course that I enjoyed thoroughly! I loved and enjoyed learning about the awesome people and institutions of the past that made graphic designing what it is today.

HC

Aug 20, 2017

It's a lovely course and the lecturers are great, but it focus mostly on American design or the impact of other designers in the USA. I would love to learn more about non-USA design.

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By Esa G

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Apr 7, 2020

Engrandecedor !

By Eularia S

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May 21, 2019

Amazing course.

By Brenda D V S

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Oct 18, 2018

exellente curso

By Eman M S

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Dec 23, 2017

it's very greet

By محمد ب

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Jan 1, 2026

اكثر من رائع..

By Ravalnath B

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May 16, 2020

Best course 👌

By Deleted A

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Dec 20, 2022

it is helpful

By Guthrie A

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May 13, 2019

Great course!

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Nov 11, 2016

Great Course！

By Julia K

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Oct 27, 2016

Great course!

By Sandy G

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Jun 11, 2020

Great class!

By Alvin B

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May 4, 2020

Great class

By Stefan

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Nov 18, 2017

great course

By SYED Q

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Nov 11, 2017

it was great

By Manuel L

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Oct 24, 2024

Very good !

By 李伟松

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Dec 8, 2022

学到了非常多的设计想法

By Sofia M R P

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Jun 21, 2022

NICE COURSE

By Carlos M T C

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Nov 18, 2021

Good course

By Roxana M G

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Nov 14, 2021

Interesante

By enas w

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Mar 17, 2021

i like it

By Mahesh N

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Nov 1, 2020

GOOD COURSE

By Gael F

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Sep 27, 2020

FANTASTIC!!

By Vinoy V

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Jun 22, 2020

Really good

By bassemgomaa

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Nov 10, 2018

good course

By Xinlin L

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Sep 12, 2017

good course