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MAKING A COLLABORATIVE DESIGN PRACTICE OF INTERPRETIVE EXPERIENCES IN PRINT, AS EXHIBITIONS, AND/OR SCREEN-BASED MEDIA TEACHING TEACHING DESIGN SINCE 1990. FORMER DIRECTOR
OF THE GRAPHIC DESIGN PROGRAM AT CALARTS. INFLUENCING THE FUTURE THAT WILL BECOME THE PRESENT. 		WRITING RANTS, REPORTS, INTERVIEWS, ESSAYS,
AND STORIES FOR THE DESIGN PRESS, INCLUDING EYE, EMIGRE, SEGD JOURNAL, AIGA, ETC. 		INSTIGATING CREATING EVENTS THAT FURTHER DESIGN CONVERSATIONS AND DEBATE, RAISE ISSUES, AND EXPLORE, INCLUDING CONFERENCES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS.
 

SPRING SEMESTER 2008
DESIGN THEORY I: A HISTORY OF THEORY
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THIS COURSE OFFERS A SURVEY OF SEMINAL DESIGN THEORY TEXTS, WRITTEN AT DIFFERENT MOMENTS IN TIME AND IN VARYING CONTEXTS, FROM RUSKIN TO BLAUVELT. THE READINGS REPRESENT A RANGE OF IDEAS THAT HAVE MOTIVATED, AS WELL AS EXPLAIN WORKS OF GRAPHIC DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY. AS A CLASS WE CONSIDER THESE TEXTS AS A MEANSTO CONSIDER OUR OWN CONTEXT IN THE SHAPING IN THE SHAPING OF TODAY’S GRAPHIC DESIGN.