Design history and the human experience
Abstract
This thesis, Design History and the Human Experience,
is a course which offers a new approach to teaching design
history by presenting the material through a historical/popular
culture lens. The research and content organizing methodology
will show how design is part of a larger context reflecting and
creating the culture we live in.
When design history includes an emphasis on the historical and
cultural contexts, the designer's work takes on deeper meaning
and relevance. The underlying philosophy of the thesis,
Design History and The Human Experience, argues that design
does not occur in a vacuum but emerges from many social,
cultural and historical influences. This thesis demonstrates the
relationship between design and these influences, and offers
a methodology for presenting and teaching the material.
The course also takes into account the importance of critical
mediation and considers at the circumstances surrounding the
critical evaluation of the designers'
work, for it is through
this evaluation process that certain work is given prominence
in design history while other designers go unmentioned.
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