Assignments
- One-Minute Papers
- Homework
- Project 1: Graphic Styles
- Project 2: Influential Designers
- Essay: Trade Magazine Review
Field Trips
Lectures
- Why Study History?
- What is Graphic Design?
- Eight Ways to Look at Art
- The Origins of Print
- Graphic Arts Techniques
- The Prudential Logo
- Victorian Age
- Arts & Crafts
- Art Nouveau
- Early Modern
- Art Deco
- American Kitsch
- Late Modern
- Swiss / International
- Psychedelia
- Postmodern
- Deconstructivism
- Contemporary
- Design History Style Review
- Influential Designers Review
Videos
- Brief History of Title Design
- Hillman Curtis: David Carson
- Hillman Curtis: Hillman Curtis
- Hillman Curtis: Milton Glaser
- Hillman Curtis: Paula Scher
- Hillman Curtis: Stefan Sagmeister
- Macintosh is Unveiled (1984)
- Making Books (1947)
- MTV Logo Animation (c1980s)
- Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Saul Bass Titles
- Stephen Fry: The History Of The First Printing Press (Timeline Documentaries)
- The Gap
- The Last Punchcutter
- Vignelli Map (from Helvetica)
- Yu+Co Design Reel
Film Screenings (In-class)
- Alien (Opening Titles)
- Apple's "1984" TV Commercial
- American Artifact
- Art & Copy (Excerpt)
- Catch Me If You Can (Opening Titles)
- Eames: The Architect & The Painter (Excerpt)
- Gattaca (Opening Titles)
- Genius of Design (Excerpt)
- Goya's Ghosts (Excerpt)
- Helvetica
- Linotype The Film
- L'Or Rouge
- Man With the Golden Arm (Opening Titles)
- Objectified (Excerpt)
- Power of Ten (1977)
- Se7en (Opening Titles)
- The Happy Film
- The Jetsons (Episode)
- Typeface
- Un Chien Andalou
Film Screenings (Optional Homework)
- Bride of the Wind
- Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- Died Young Stayed Pretty
- Down With Love
- Jobs
- L'age D'or
- Metropolis
- Milton Glaser: To Delight & Inform
- Moulin Rouge
- Natural Born Killers
- Pablo
- Pirates of Silicon Valley
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
- The Artist
- The Governess
- The Importance of Being Ernest
- The Young Victoria
- Yellow Submarine
Resources
- AIGA Design Salary Survey
- Facebook (like us!)
- Graphic Arts vs Media Arts
- Graphic Styles Timeline
- Marketing Communications Overview
- Parkland Library
- Presentation Center
- Photopea (free online image editing app)
- Pixlr.com (free online image editing app)
- Welcome Letter
- What is a Print? (MOMA)