these are the two reading Helen Armstrong, Introduction: Revisiting the Avant-Garde from Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field: ArmstrongIntro
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/langecomd3504sp2020/files/2018/08/ArmstrongIntro.pdf

Ellen Lupton & J. Abbott Miller, Counting Sheep, Period Styles, Language of Dreams and Language of Vision from Design Writing Research: Writing on Graphic Design: LuptonMillerDesignWritingResearch
https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/langecomd3504sp2020/files/2018/08/LuptonMillerDesignWritingResearch.pdf

Here are the questions to which you should respond:
Our first readings by Helen Armstrong, Ellen Lupton and J. Abbott Miller consider developments in graphic communication from ancient and recent history. Why are rudimentary communication methods relevant for contemporary information systems? Why should contemporary designers concern themselves with archaic writing, counting, or printing techniques? What facts or details from these texts provoke ideas for developing new design strategies? 3 to 4 paragraphs no longer than that