COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY GRAPHIC DESIGN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRF 3005 HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY GRAPHIC DESIGN COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Department of Graphic Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HACI YAKUP ÖZTUNA

Offered to

Sound Editing and Cinematography
Ceramics
Graphic
Accessory Design
Cinema and Television
Visual Communication Design
Textile Design
Animation Film Design and Directing
Ceramic and Glass Design
Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Graphic Arts
Accessory Design
Graphic Design
Fashion Apparel Design
Cartoon Film and Animation
Textile Design
Illustration and Printmaking
Textile and Fashion Design
Textile
Film Design and Screenwriting
Film Design and Screenwriting
Ceramic and Glass

Course Objective

Be able to examine the role of historical, cultural, economic, and technologic factors in the development of graphic design and recognize design styles, certain graphic designers, illustrators, and artists from the 1960s to the present.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to have a analytic, conceptual and intellectual point of view with the analyses of economic, cultural and technologic effects over graphic design products
2   Be able to transfer the academic knowledge to his/her profession.
3   Be able to have an information about contemporary graphic designers and design groups that are shaped up graphic design history.
4   Be able to prepare research papers and give seminars about postmodern visual expression styles, design movements, groups and designers
5   Be able to realize the interaction between graphic design and other disciplines
6   Be able to comprehend the development of the graphic design

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the history of graphic design beginning in the 1960s General Discussion
2 Wolfgang Weingart Seminar
3 Push Pin Studios: 1956 70s (Seymore Chwast, Milton Glaser) Seminar
4 San Francisco Psychedelic Rock Movement and Posters: 1960 s Seminar
5 Popular Culture, Pop Art and Graphic Design Seminar
6 1968 student upheavals in French and Grapus, Atelier Populaire Seminar
7 Midterm Exam
8 Punk Movement and Graphic Design: 1970s Seminar
9 Deconstructivism and Graphic Design: 1970s 80s Seminar
10 Post-Modernism and Graphic Design: 1970s 1990s Seminar
11 Seminars about selected contemporary design movements, design groups and designers.
12 Seminars about selected contemporary design movements, design groups and designers.
13 Seminars about selected contemporary design movements, design groups and designers.
14 Seminars about selected contemporary design movements, design groups and designers.

Recomended or Required Reading

Graphic Design History (Steven Heller, Georgette Balance),
Graphic Design (Richard Hollis),
Graphic Design History A Critical Guide (Johanna Drucker, Emily McVarish),
Megg s History of Graphic Design (Philip B. Meggs, Alston W. Purvis),
Eskilson, S.J. (2007). Graphic Design: A new history. London: Laurence King.
Heller, S. and Illic, M. (2008). Icons of Graphic Design. Rev. ed. London: Thames & Hudson.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 RPR RESEARCH PRESENTATION
3 SEM SEMINAR
4 ATT ATTENDANCE
5 FIN FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + RPR * 0.25 + SEM * 0.10 + ATT * 0.10 + FIN * 0.30
7 RST RESIT
8 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + RPR * 0.25 + SEM * 0.10 + ATT * 0.10 + RST * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Grafik Bölümü Bölüm Başkanı
Tel: 0232 412 91 60
e-mail: yakup.oztuna@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 0,5 6
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 9 9
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 60

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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