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Topics in history of industrial design from 1750 to 1945, such as collaborations between art and industry, mass production, changing patterns of consumption, advances in material processes, the social and/or technological impact of industrial design, and the social and/or technological impact of industrial design on transportation, healthcare, consumer goods, domestic space, and the workplace.
- Understand major design styles and movements, significant designers, manufacturers, design-related companies, and innovations in technology and material use.
- Understand definitions of industrial design and identify historical antecedents that may have arisen before 1750, as well as more modern, contemporary, and future definitions of the profession.