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38,000 BCE
Cave Paintings
There has been paintings in caves found all over the place, people like art! Weather its telling a story, or maybe just doodling, it can tell us what life was like then. -
Period: 3300 BCE to 3000 BCE
Sumerian written language – 3300 – 3000 BCE
The Sumerians would use big clumps of rock, clay, or anything else they found that they could carve. The had their own writen language. They may have been the first to create a alphabet. -
Period: 200 to 1040
Chinese Printing
China has the most printing dicoveies. They didnt always use papyrus either. They even created printers to print on silk clothes!! -
700
Medieval Calligraphy
At this time more alphabets were being created but only hand writen. Some of the writers would draw around their text and sell it for a higher price. -
1100
European Heraldry
Now we have logos, a thing that is used about everywhere; teams, businesses, and flags. During this time thats exactly what they were making logos for, Flags. They also would put it on armor. -
1400
Renaissance
the Renaissance also helped grow and improve design -
1439
Gutenberg Press
Communication was travilng fast and people didn't read long books for information, so a press was made. -
Chromolithography
Advertisements are on the rise and advertisements help with business. -
The Wiener Werkstätte
The Wiener Werkstätte was the first graphic design agency. He created more complex and well thought out designs. -
The term "graphic design" appears
An artical was made called, "New Kind of Printing Calls for New Design" -
Period: to
Today
Today we have technology, and technology can help us with design. Almost everything we see has grahic design.