History of Design

Code:

HD102

Acronym:

HD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Art Sciences

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Ciências da Arte e do Design
Course/CS Responsible:	Communication Design

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
AP	5	Official Study Plan 2011	3	-	3	30	81
			4
DC	51	Licenciatura em Design de Comunicação	2	-	3	30	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The purpose of this course is to give students a critical, operational knowledge of the history of graphic design.

Learning outcomes and competences

Outcomes: It is expected that the student fluently knows the trends and the history of design, as well as their methodologies, being able to apply this knowledge in a dynamic way as a designer, as a researcher and as an editor or commissioner.

Competences: to write and to critically argue about the history of graphic design.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

n/a

Program

1. The history of contemporary design practice

2. The beginning. The industrial revolution. Design and politics. Arts & Crafts. 1850 -1900

3. Avant-garde. Futurism. Dada. 1900-1920

4. Modernism: Design as social engineering and politics. Bauhaus. Wpa. Ulm and Swiss Suiss Style. 1920 - 1950

5. Design and mass culture: 1950 -2010

6. Design and Counterculture: 1960 - 2010

7. Design as service: 1990-2010

Mandatory literature

Meggs, Phillip B; História del Diseño Gráfico, México: McGrawHill, 2000
Hollis, Richard; Design Gráfico, Uma História Concisa, Martins Fontes, São Paulo, 2001

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and discussion on each topic, alternating with group work and presentations on each of the themes on the program.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	46,00	100,00
Exame	Exame	2,50
Set of group papers	Trabalho escrito	10,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Lectures and discussion on each topic, alternating with group work and presentations on each of the themes on the program.

Calculation formula of final grade

Positive weighted average of the works (60%) and the final exam (40%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

n/a

Internship work/project

n/a

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

n/a

Classification improvement

Exam.

Observations

Due to the high number of students and to the teaching class (portuguese) mobility students will not be accepted. Due to the theoretical nature of the unit, as well as the fact that 60% of the evaluation is dependent on group work to be tutored during class, there will be no tutoring via mail.