We are very lucky to be in our position and to be able to draw on such a wonderful rich design history.
To understand the future of design we must understand the past.
This class will review long-lasting design and art movements of the 20th and 21st century that helped to shape the graphic design industry today.
Style and art movements happen rarely; sometimes just once in a generation and they depend heavily on events occurring in global politics, culture and history. They are broad, sweeping changes in how artists and designers view and interact with the world around them.
Some movements, like Art Deco, which was popular in the 1920’s and 1930’s, are still very relevant today. You will see how all of these style eras have influenced the diversity of current day design esthetics.
You will notice that each new art or style movement builds on the next. When a particular design style starts to become stale or over saturated n a culture there tends to be a shift toward an opposing style.
In Graphic design history we see this same pendulum swinging every decade or two throughout the last 100 years. You will notice as I walk through these 7 different large style movements that one movement counters the next and they slowly build on each other like a Multi-leveled building allowing all the styles of the past to influence the latest movements.
I would like to start off in the late 1800s for our first style movement and we will end up talking about the more recent history of graphic design and events that has helped shape our industry now and beyond.
