History of Communication Design

Course Description

What is Visual Communication Design? How did it arrive to be in its present state? How does it influence us and how do we influence it in turn? This course will address these questions while observing the development of visual communication. It will touch upon key design movements in the industrial age that helped shape the world. However, while the discipline is presumed to be post-industrial, the course will also consider ancient history where the roots of the discipline were laid such as the development and evolution of the Roman alphabet.