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SUBJECT

HISTORY OF DESIGN II

KEY DATA

  • TYPOLOGY

    Mandatory

  • COURSE

    2

  • SEMESTER

    3

  • ITINERARY

    All, common subject

  • TEACHING
  • ECTS

    6

  • AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE

    History of art and artistic expression and Fine Arts

  • LANGUAGE

    Degree: Spanish / Degree: English

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course aims to transform historical knowledge of design into a useful theoretical tool for contemporary professional practice. It thus allows for the establishment of strong connections with art, architecture, and discourses on environmental and social sustainability. The course begins with an analysis of the origins of design, its consolidation as a discipline during the modern era, and its relationship to the major processes of social, cultural, and technological transformation that marked the 19th and 20th centuries.

This historical-cultural journey allows students to understand design as a situated practice, influenced by the ideological and material context in which it arises, and as a discipline capable of responding to contemporary challenges.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • To relate the social, cultural, political and economic evolution of society to its technological and scientific progress, from a critical perspective, through methodologies specific to historical analysis.
  • Identify the historical and identity references of a community in order to establish the relationship that exists between tradition and technological innovation.
  • Recognize the impact of sociopolitical behaviors on the definition of design strategies for new products, services, and experiences that contribute to the advancement of the territory.
  • Define the historical references related to the evolution of the objects that make up everyday life, in order to identify data of an ethical, aesthetic and cultural nature.
  • Recognize the use of narratives that establish the principles of the social function of design to identify the use of the principles of inclusivity and gender discourse presented in the proposals studied.