10006 (v.3) Design in Context 291

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Area:	Department of Design
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	10005 (v.3) Design in Context 192 or any previous version
This unit examines strengths and weaknesses of the construction of design histories - pre-industrial society, early responses to mass production, modernist theory and the Bauhaus. It also considers design response to conditions and challenges of 20th century practice.