ART 2370 HISTORY OF DESIGN 
CAL STATE LA 
Fall 24


WED 6:00PM—8:45PM
FA 321

ASSIGNMENT 01


DESIGN

Rinse & Repeat: 
The Traditional Design History



Make a visual and verbal presentation of the design movement assigned to you, including the works and theories of influential designers and their impact on culture. Recognize and differentiate between design movements and their historical, social, and cultural significance.

The presentation will only contain images, headings like design movement title, designer names, artwork names, and terms that maybe new to the class or difficult to pronounce/understand. You can have speakers notes but the you should not read from them as is. 

You can use any program to create the presentation. It should be 15-20 minutes long and there are no restrictions on format. Each student should present. Work as a team, you are in this together. The goal is to present your story to the class in a comprehensive, simple, and detail oriented manner with visual examples. Your audience is a class full of designers - how do you engage designers? What would interest them?


PRESENTATION
  1. Define the Design Movement
    - Background: context on where, how, and why the design movement began. If it is relevant, make connections between sociological conditions / historical events, cultural environments, and design ideas and artifacts.

  2. Define the characteristics and style for the design movement. 

  3. Works of important designers with visual examples taken from the reading or otherwise (it is a good idea to also look for examples outside of the reading), their significance, and their impact on various aspects of culture.

  4. Relate your own visual interests, approaches, and perspectives to historical and contemporary influences.

DUE 09/11
15% of final grade 

Grading Criteria
Recognize and differentiate between design movements and their historical, social, and cultural significance.

Visual and verbal presentation of works and theories of influential designers and their impact on culture.

Develop and communicate a critical perspective on the relationship between design and historical events.

You will learn about historical and contemporary design work and creative culture. It is a good idea to think about how your own visual interests, approaches, and perspective are influenced by the pluralistic and interdisciplinary dimensions of design. 



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