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15,000 BCE
Humans start to paint on rocks
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Period: 600 to 1250
Pre Renaissance
Art had a symmetrical design -
Period: 1300 to 1527
Renaissance
Art has more of a asymmetrical design now(you can argue that the Renaissance has not ended yet just slowed down). -
Bauhaus School
One of the foundations of graphic design is this school in Germany -
William Addison Dwiggins Creates the Term "Graphic Designer"
William was the first one to use the term graphic designer to explain his job of managing the visuals on books https://99designs.com/blog/design-history-movements/history-graphic-design/#:~:text=In%20his%20article%20%E2%80%9CNew%20Kind,the%20visuals%20in%20book%20design. -
Paul Rand makes Graphic Design more modernized
Paul Rand makes a book on his 3 theories of good design -
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Graphic deign now
Graphic design now is anything that has to do with visuals made by humans... this can be anything from a book cover to the Doritos logo. Even the new Pringles logo was made by someone to catch the eye.