ART 345 - History of Design

This course offers a history of modern design, with an emphasis on the development and significance of Graphic Design. Each week, a different historical period or themes is explored and the relationships between graphic design and a larger design culture are stressed. Key themes include technological advances since the industrial revolution, the birth of mass communications and imagistic reproducibility, the development of a consumer culture and its critique, as well as the impact of modernist theories of art and design. Finally, the course explores the emergence of a so-called Postmodern design and theory, and contemporary developments such as digital technologies.

Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Aesthetic - Visual and Performing Arts Mode of Inquiry and the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
** This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
*** This is a writing-enhanced course.