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Communication Design and Technology commemorative card project: "CDT: 110 years--110 Cards, " 2007, 2007

 File — Box: 3, envelope: 1-3

Scope and Contents

In a spring 2007 Communication Design and Technology class taught by graphic designer and typographer Professor Andrea Dezsö, students created a pack of 110 commemorative cards showcasing the most important milestones of the 100 year history of Parsons School of Design's Communication Design Department and the 10 year history of the Design and Technology Department. Students conceptualized, researched and established selection criteria for the deck, which they also designed and produced.

Each student was assigned a ten-year period to research within 100 years of Parsons catalogs held by the Kellen Design Archives. Their task was to showcase design elements that best represented their assigned year. Besides collecting the work to showcase on the commemorative cards, students learned important lessons in the ways visual communication reflects social, political and economic circumstances. One student, for instance, found it especially intriguing to discover the way Parsons catalog design during WWII clearly targeted female applicants. Participating students: Fatema J. Aljeshi; Katharine L. Atwood; Matthew Chow; Nour Diab Yunes; Amanda L. Harbour; Hae Jeon Lee; Man Kit Lee; Frederick W. McCoy; Nicole L. Michalek; Carlos Morera; Ga Ram Park; Elaine Shum; Carolyn M. Thomas; David L. Vahle; Maria Wan.

Dates

  • 2007