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.
This course is part of the Graphic Design Specialization
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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
Skills you will gain
- Art History
- History
- Graphic Arts
- Graphic Design
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Early Mass Marketing
The Bauhaus
Modernism in America
Graphic Design Radicalism
Reviews
- 5 stars78.25%
- 4 stars15.99%
- 3 stars4.07%
- 2 stars0.94%
- 1 star0.72%
TOP REVIEWS FROM IDEAS FROM THE HISTORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
Useful intro to the history of graphic design. The quizzes could have been more challenging though or involved doing more independent research on some of the graphic design periods discussed.
Wonderful introduction to the history of graphic design. The course emphasize main ideas of 20th century deisgners and provides you with additional information to enable you to do your own research.
Fantastic Course! It helps you build a deep insight into the evolution of graphic design and also as a process of the assignments helps you understand local graphic practices and subculture!
The content of the course is very interesting, it helps you understand the evolution of image making processes and its cultural influence.
Ps: The audio of the videos was a little bit low.
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