Summer 2020 Study Abroad Information Session

This three-week immersive course offers students the opportunity to explore three historic sites for design in Europe: Berlin and the Dessau Bauhaus for German modernism, Amsterdam and Utrecht for the Dutch de Stijl movement and 1990s post-modern design, and Milan for the post WWII design boom and 1980s Memphis postmodernism. Every step of the way we situate the movements, methods, technologies, and materials within their geographic, historic, and cultural settings. We visit museum collections, manufacturers, design studios, and relevant cultural sites. Lectures, readings and discussions provide context for our activities, and students develop methods for documenting their observations and experiences and presenting their findings to others.

While specifically designed for Industrial Design students, this summer travel course is also relevant to other design disciplines such as Furniture, Architecture, Interior Design, and Graduate Design, as well as Visual Studies majors interested in design. It offers immersive experiences in the history and culture of key sites where modernism flourished in the early years of the 20th century and postmodernism exploded in the 1980s and 90s to overturn the order.

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Summer Study Abroad is coordinated by the Office of Special Programs
Oakland Campus, Irwin Student Center

Nina Sadek
Dean of Special Programs
510.594.3773

Carol Pitts
Operations Manager, Special Programs
510.594.3732