EUT 246E - History of Design I

Course Objectives

1. To develop an overall perspective on concepts and prominent issues related to design and industrial design.
2. To introduce; history of design is not ultimately about objects but about ideas and thoughts.
3. To introduce the vocabulary inherited from the past as the challenges faced by design professionals today are rarely without precedent.
4. Gain insights from the manner in which questions of design have been posed throughout the industrial era.

Course Description

Relations of Production, Consumption and Design Before Industrial Revolution; The Renaissance: Distinction Between Fine Arts and Traditional Crafts; 1st and 2nd Industrial Revolution; Industrial Progress in 19th Century: Wedgwood, World Fairs; Design Reforms: Shakers, Aesthetic Movement, Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau and Reflections, Vernacular Design; Design and Modernism: Proto-modernism, Deutscher Werkbund, Wiener Werkstatte, De Stijl; Bauhaus, International Style, Machine Aesthetic; Consumption as Lifestyle: Birth of Industrial Design Profession.