History of Graphic Design

Catalog description

This course analyzes and evaluates the field of graphic design, typography and visual communications from the earliest written languages through contemporary graphic design practice. The course will help the student develop a visual vocabulary, introduce major design figures and movements, provide a historical context for design thought and practice while emphasizing the design profession as an artistic discipline. The work examined in each era will be discussed in terms of its aesthetic, socio-cultural, economic, political, historical and environmental systems impact.