The value of a solid knowledge and understanding of the history of design cannot be understated.

The study of design history gives context to our contemporary visual culture - using the past to decode the present and forecast a stylistic future. Taking the time to learn about design history results in insight into; how designers visually designed; their thoughts, philosophies, and methods of solving problems and; why they made the specific design choices that they made throughout their career.

“Study the past if you would define the future.”

- Confucius

Design history allows us to increase our visual library, as well as knowing what works, and more importantly; what doesn’t.

This week’s lecture covered an overview of;

• the future and the beginning of gesture based controls
• the here and now of connected products
• UX Design and the old adage of web design
• Post-modernism
• Modernism,
• the Bauhaus,