From the School of Art + Art History + Design:
DESIGN 208 Survey of Design History
Full-term Summer 2026
M / W 9:40-11:50
Taught by Prof Dominic Muren
Top 8 Reasons you may want to take Design 208 this summer:
• Summer DES 208 is open to non-majors across the University.
• Design is so much more than what professionals in the western world since the industrial revolution have called “design”.
• Learn how to prepare yourself for our current AI disruption moment by looking at other big-disruption technological moments.
• Discover tools for socially informed design within oppressive societies.
• Broaden your understanding of technology and design to include cultural traditions from around the world and across time.
• Learn how to use tools like Patterns of technological change and Anthropological Implosion to predict how a new technology might evolve.
• Explore how design can give you an edge in your chosen field, even if it’s public policy, the sciences, administration, engineering, business, or whatever!