Design: Overview

An online, interactive textbook designed to support a course, FSAD 1250: Art, Design, and Visual Thinking, taught at Cornell University in the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design. It is an entry-level course introducing basic design concepts and the idea of visual language, applicable to any type of art.

CMoG designer Stephanie Carr dives into the museum's collection with an eye for the different elements of design and how she finds them represented in different glass objects.

Introduction, together with images from the Getty collection, compiled by the J. Paul Getty Museum Education Department.

Introduction to the principles of design, using images from the Getty collection, compiled by the J. Paul Getty Museum Education Department.

Handout for students, compiled by the J. Paul Getty Museum Education Department