Name: Ideas from the History of Graphic Design
Brand: California Institute of the Arts
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.7 (544 reviews)

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About the Course

This intensive survey examines four pivotal eras in the History of Western Graphic Design, tracing the evolution of visual communication from the Industrial Revolution through the mid-20th century. While the global history of design is vast, this course focuses specifically on the Euro-American narrative to illustrate how mass production and Western modernist principles established the foundations of today’s professional design standards. Students will analyze how the relationship between words and pictures shifted across social, political, and technological contexts in Europe and the United States. By investigating the works of innovative Western groups—from the Victorian era to the Bauhaus and American Modernism—learners develop a technical and conceptual toolkit to inform their own contemporary practice. This course is an essential foundation for emerging designers seeking to understand the specific historical forces that shaped the "modern" aesthetic and its subsequent radical reactions....

Top reviews

Nov 8, 2020

This is another awesome course that I enjoyed thoroughly! I loved and enjoyed learning about the awesome people and institutions of the past that made graphic designing what it is today.

Aug 20, 2017

It's a lovely course and the lecturers are great, but it focus mostly on American design or the impact of other designers in the USA. I would love to learn more about non-USA design.

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By Riya A

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Jun 28, 2021

I found this course boring because there was so much history and so many things have to be remembered.

By Bikas

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May 19, 2023

well i learn a lots new thing in this course and thank you for teaching me .

By Dmitrii P

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Apr 9, 2017

Week 4 - too much of materials, and test questions does not match the text

By arshla j

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Sep 24, 2016

Informative and sometimes fascinating.

By nolan l

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Dec 11, 2024

this course is kinda boring tbh

By Gary D G

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Jun 7, 2020

To many videos and reading

By Erick A R A d l S

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Feb 24, 2018

The course is very light.

By Tarun V M

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May 1, 2020

purty gud

By Tamara S

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Mar 25, 2024

hard to follow. Often the main points were not made or clearly highlighted. Very western-centered history. Either adjust content or note that this is focused on American and European history rather than global/general history

By Mohammad M

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Sep 8, 2022

It was a good course, but it fell short of my expectations, I didn't expect that we wouldn't just study biographies or the history of graphic design.

By OSAMAH Z A M (

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Mar 4, 2025

Good

By Shahmeer A

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Apr 24, 2022

This course is worst about ideas from the history of graphic design and in the history of graphic designing courses. The videos were so long and boring I had to skip them and I just completed this because I wanted to complete the specialization but this course is the worse of all courses