GRA156 — History of Graphic Design
3 Credit(s) During this course students will strengthen their visual literacy specifically as it relates to graphic design history. How historical visual communication is intricately tethered to the tools, technologies, materials, and processes that were available during a specific time and place will be studied in tandem with hands-on experiences of a selection of historical materials and processes. In addition to material influences, important historical events and ideologies that have influenced historical design will be surveyed. To connect how the past inspires the present, and keep the class relevant to current design practices, students will research contemporary examples of local and global visual communications that reflect influences and visual characteristics of historical movements.