IS213

History of Design Arts introduces students to a wide span of eras, cultures, ideas, and practitioners that shaped graphic history and continue to shape it today. Students will examine key historical figures and movements from different vantages, mapping the intersections of design, illustration, and communication through diverse yet overlapping critical lenses. In two-week segments, the class will consider the big picture of graphic history through one of its formative themes to analyze how the forces of culture, media, technology, style, and marketplace have formed the graphic arts through their overlaps, collisions, fusions, and innovations. Through guided discussions, collaborative workshops, and research projects, students will grapple with how design practices throughout history relate to the contemporary state of graphic design and illustration.

Pacific Northwest College of Art

Portland