Visual Communication Design History

Catalog description

A history of the visual elements and technological processes involved in an informed view of design from the beginning of pictographic language to the present. The course attempts to cover four main areas of investigation: an analysis of the evolution of formal or visual attributes; the relationship between design and its audience; the study of the social and economic activity of design as it is circulated in communities and across continents; and the effect of technology on the aesthetics of design.