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.
Ideas from the History of Graphic Design
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Ideas from the History of Graphic Design
This course is part of Graphic Design Specialization
Instructors: Louise Sandhaus
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What you'll learn
Learn about the history of graphic design
Understand the emergence of design as a recognized practice
Learn about graphic design radicalism in late 1950s to early 1970s
Make informed design choices
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Taught in English
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There are 4 modules in this course
This week we are going to take a look at the effects of industrialization in the late 19th century, and how goods were produced, sold, and marketed.
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14 videos8 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt
This week, we'll look at how the work and teachings of The Bauhaus (1919-1933), and how design emerged as a recognized practice.
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11 videos1 reading1 assignment1 peer review
Modernism in mid-century America through the eyes of four key designers.
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13 videos1 reading1 assignment1 peer review
Design practice in the late 1950s to early 1970s was new, radical and divergent. To show you just how varied it was, we’ll look at the work of four key players/movements.
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14 videos5 readings1 assignment1 peer review
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