From the course: Learning Graphic Design History
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- As I was putting this course together, I repeatedly bumped into the issue of time. Each of these individual subjects, from the Bauhaus to Post-Modernism, could fill an entire two hour course. We've covered a vast amount of material here. It's obviously a subject I love, and hopefully the introduction here will lead you to a time period or movement that inspires you. The history of graphic design is complex and multilayered. I have broken the subjects into individual sections, but in reality they all overlap in time. Some of the subjects like the Bauhaus influenced design for decades. Others occurred simultaneously, like Dada and De Stijl. Here we touched on the tip of the iceberg. For every single designer we discussed, there are ten more just as influential and interesting. There are threads that become apparent. Graphic design history is the concrete history of our culture. If reflects the attitudes, beliefs and events of a time and place. The artifacts designers created are the…
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