Schedule
This schedule is subject to change.
- August 27
- General – First day of class, intros, syllabus, timelines
- August 29
- Lecture – From the Beginning to the Industrial Revolution
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 1, The Nineteenth Century: An Expanding Field (p. 25–53)
- September 3
- General – Quiz 1, Part 1
- Lecture – The Victorian Era
- September 5
- General – Quiz 2, Part 2
- Lecture – 19th Century Type and the Arts & Crafts Movement
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 2, Art Nouveau: A New Style for a New Culture (p. 54–103)
- September 10
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – Art Nouveau in France, England, and the USA
- September 12
- General – Second Chance Quiz
- Lecture – Art Nouveau in Scotland, Austria, and Germany
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 3, Sachplakat, the First World War, and Dada (p. 104–135)
- September 17
- General – Quiz Start
- Lecture 1 – Sachplakat and War Propaganda
- Lecture 2 – Dada
- September 19
- General – Dada Day: Nonsensical No. 1
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 4, Modern Art, Modern Graphic Design (p. 136–167)
- September 24
- General – Extra Credit Quiz
- Lecture – Futurism and Cubism
- September 26
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – Art Deco
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 5, Revolutions in Design (p. 168–201)
- October 1
- General – Start Timelines
- Lecture – De Stijl
- October 3
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – Russia in the Early 1900s
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 6, The Bauhaus and the New Typography (p. 202–229)
- October 8
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – Bauhaus & The New Typography
- October 10
- General – Review for Test 1
- October 15
- General – No Class
- October 17
- General – Test 1, two or three paper topics due, turn in timelines
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 7, American Modern and the Second World War (p. 230–269)
- October 22
- Lecture – American Modern
- October 24
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – The Second World War
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 8, The Triumph of the International Style (p. 270–303)
- October 29
- General – Quiz, Watch Helvetica
- October 31
- General – Outline for paper & images due
- Lecture – Swiss Style & The International Style
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 9, Postmodernism: The Return of Expression (p. 304–355)
- November 5
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – Postmodernism
- November 7
- Lecture – The Dawn of Digital
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 10, Contemporary Graphic Design (p. 356–385)
- November 12
- Lecture – Contemporary Graphic Design
- November 14
- General – Quiz, Peer Review, Draft 1
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 11, The Digital Present & Epilogue, The Citizen Designer (p. 386–437)
- November 19
- General – Special Collections Visit
- November 21
- General – Peer Review, Draft 2
- Lecture – Graphic Design Today
- November 26
- General – Presentation Day 1
- November 28
- General – No Class
- December 3
- General – Presentation Day 2
- December 5
- General – Test 2, Paper Due