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Design History, Theory & Aesthetics

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designed objects: coloured bowls
Ceramic objects by Erin Muir

Design History Theory and Aesthetics provides an analytical framework for understanding present and future design from the designer's viewpoint. Within this context a variety of themes and issues are analysed in relation to:

  •  the 'designer' product
  •  the designer's role in society
  •  designer education
  •  the designer and mass production and consumption.
Specific issues such as packaging, marketing and retailing of designed products as well as aspects of consumer psychology are explored.

Design History Theory and Aesthetics at COFA can be studied at these levels:

  • Undergraduate
  • Post Graduate
  • Research

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