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This course offers a history of modern and contemporary design, with an interdisciplinary focus on product, graphic, architecture, fashion, and interior design. The emphasis will be on understanding the connection between design and the past, the present, and possible futures. A large portion of the course will be devoted to the theory and practice of design during the 20th century.