Graphic design timeline

By drakemcnama
  • Cave painting
    38,000 BCE

    Cave painting

    Cave men tried to claim the cave they were living in as theirs so they painted on the wall
  • Chinese printing
    200

    Chinese printing

    This was an advancement from cave painting and it made writing a little more common
  • Medival calligraphy
    700

    Medival calligraphy

    At this time they started making the first letter on the page more pronounced.
  • invention of the printing press
    1439

    invention of the printing press

    This made a huge leap for design. It made it possible for more writing to go out into the world and so knowledge and writing became more common
  • Graphic design in the modern area

    Graphic design in the modern area

    Graphic design started developing more in world war II they started advertising a lot more for people to come and recruit.
  • New Kind of Printing Calls for New Design

    New Kind of Printing Calls for New Design

    The offical name for graphic design appeared
  • Digital era

    Digital era

    Graphic design went from being on paper to being digitalized.