Decolonizing Graphic Design

Course Number
DIA403
Prerequisites
None
Academic Units
3 Credit Hours
Course Type
Dialogue
Level
Graduate
Modality
Online

Course Description

This seminal course presents Dr. Cheryl Miller’s own BIPOC heritage of the West African origins and transatlantic slave trade influences to North American Black Graphic Design history. The history of the slave artisan fills in the gaps of Black Graphic Design History erasure through the broad history of the Graphic Designer and the traditional canon of The History of Graphic Design. From slavery through the eras of Abolition, Emancipation and Modernism through to Post- Modernist design history, the content decolonizes the Academy historical versions. It concludes with a discussion of today’s history of “Where are the Black Graphic Designers?”—a 50-year journey originating from the modernist era to today. The Black Graphic Designer is no longer missing in Miller’s history. The Euro Anglo graphic design history is broaden to further include these missing histories. This course is composed of lecture and discussion as a primary mode of delivery with written projects submitted digitally.

Program Qualification

Fashion Design Certificate
Interior Design Certificate
Graphic & Visual Design Certificate
MDes
DDes