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HAD-365 History of Graphic Design & Illustration

3 Credits

  • HAD-365-01

    Wednesday

    5:30 pm – 8:20 pm

    East Hall, 312

  • HAD-365-02

    Wednesday

    9:00 am – 11:50 am

    Activities Resource Center, E -02

  • HAD-365-03

    Wednesday

    2:00 pm – 4:50 pm

    Engineering Building, 309

  • HAD-365-04

    Wednesday

    2:00 pm – 4:50 pm

    Engineering Building, 115

  • HAD-365-05

    Wednesday

    9:00 am – 11:50 am

    Online, ONLINE

This course presents an overview of visual communications from the late-19th century into the 21st century. Key movements, designers, their visual language and changing technologies will be considered within the broader social, political, and economic contexts. Interweaving questions of a contemporary practitioner into this historical narrative will help us consider the role of design in defining-not simply reflecting-the zeitgeist. Rather than emphasizing an evolutionary development of visual communications, the lectures and discussions will revolve around a variety of thematic focuses.