History of Graphic Design

  • The Industrial Revolution and Lithography

    The Industrial Revolution and Lithography
    The industrial revolution brought new technologies along with building and making a jump in graphic design.
    Lithography during the Industrial Revolution was a huge design export. Lithography is a printing method that inks your design in stone or metal and transporting it to paper.
  • Art Nouveau

    Art Nouveau
    Art Nouveau had a huge impact on graphic design, fashion, and architecture. Art Nouveau characterized lines and organic shapes.
  • Wiener Werkstatte

    Wiener Werkstatte
    Wiener quickly became high up and highly valued in art. He made a trend in design with his photo that showed geometry, modernism, and a square style.
  • Bauhaus

    Bauhaus
    Bauhaus we still know of today in design can go back to a school in Bauhaus, Germany. Bauhaus created a different way of thinking and seeing. Combined arts and crafts, classical and avant-garde styles, form and function
  • Paul Rand's logos

    Paul Rand's logos
    Paul Rand helped shape some of the biggest companies logos. He brought art and design to advertising which was rarely used before. He made the advertising technique of just using one symbol.
  • Postmodernism

    Postmodernism
    Postmodernism went against modernist ideas and questioned authority while flipping ideas in peoples heads. This is where after a design is made it is changed.
  • Digital tools

    Digital tools
    This is pretty self explanatory, and is used a lot today. Digital tools are a way to take design and make it digitally.