Unit

School Of Humanities And Communication Arts

20th Century Design HistoriesWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101022.2

Discipline: GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIES

Student Contribution Band: 1

Level: 1

Credit Points: 10

Equivalent Units
11080 - Design Issues 2: Modernism and Postmodernism, 100596 - 20th Century Design Histories

About this Unit
In 2015 this unit replaced by 102262 - Design History and Futures. This unit explores the history and theory of 20th Century design from two dominant perspectives, modernism and postmodernism. Students will become acquainted with the doctrines around which the modernist movement cohered, and the conditions under which these doctrines are questioned by postmodernism. Students will be introduced to a range of design outcomes such as photo-media, typography, illustration, the built environment, graphics, digital media, film and animation.