| Description
| The course is divided into three parts: 1) current issues in the historiography of the field 2) topics in history of industrial design from 1750 to 1945 - such as collaborations between art and industry; mass production; changing patterns of consumption; industrial design and corporate imagery; the social and/or technological impact of industrial design and corporate imagery; the social and/or technological impact of industrial design on transportation, the domestic interior, and the workplace 3) individual research in an aspect of design since 1945. Extensive readings, lectures, discussions, two papers and materials that currently are defining this pivotal field.
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