ILL-385A: Pattern & Style: Vintage Coll.

This class will introduce Surface Design students to the fundamentals of style and surface. Students will earn how to understand and dissect a contemporary trend that is capturing the market and the imagination of the world. By recognizing and identifying the key elements that form its language, and evolving a color palette that acknowledges past and present interpretations, students will build knowledge gained into the successful creation of a cohesive body of icons and textures for use in surface design projects. This section of the course, "Vintage Collections," will explore the decorative arts and style periods of the 20th century, identifying key elements and patterns that have come to define vintage. Students will design motifs and patterns for cohesive Wallpaper Collections for exciting interior environments that evoke nostalgia, tradition, and kitsch. The class will focus on vintage inspired illustration and design as well as hands-on texture and substrate processes, including silkscreen. Students will be responsible for some expenses.