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4.657 Design: The History of Making Things
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Undergrad (Spring) HASS Arts Communication Intensive HASS
Prereq: None
Units: 5-0-7
URL: https://architecture.mit.edu/classes
Lecture: TR2-3.30 (3-133) Recitation: W10 (3-329) or F10 (3-329)
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Examines themes in the history of design, with emphasis on Euro-American theory and practice in their global contexts. Addresses the historical design of communications, objects, and environments as meaningful processes of decision-making, adaptation, and innovation. Critically assesses the dynamic interaction of design with politics, economics, technology, and culture in the past and at present. Limited to 36.
K. Smentek
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