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38,000 BCE
Early Cave Paintings
Starting in the prehistoric world people communicated with visuals. These visuals are called cave paintings. These paintings have been found almost everywhere in the world. These paintings depict any number of things. Cave Paintings could be considered the earliest form of graphic design because people were conveying messages through symbols. -
3300 BCE
Cuneiform (The First Written Language)
Cuneiform is the earliest written language system we know of. It was invented by the Sumerians as a way to keep track of trades. This would be considered a early form of graphic design because it allowed people to convey messages through symbols. -
1100
The Coat Of Arms Emerges
The coat of arms was developed in order to represent family and kingdoms. This is a early form of graphic design because these coat of arms were essentially early branding. -
1389
Storefront Signs
In England in the 14th century clean drinking water was widely unavailable. This caused a need for other drinks such as ale. Due to this stores were required to have signs out front saying that they sold the drink. This is a early form of graphic design because stores had to design a appeasing logo to sell their stuff. -
1439
The Gutenberg Printing Press
The Gutenberg Press was the first printing press witch allowed books to be mass produced. This is graphic design because the use of characters to create words is graphic design. This is also graphic design because it allowed for easier printing of other designs. -
Print Advertisements
The first printed advertisements were created in the 1620's. This is a breakthrough in graphic design because this allowed for the easy mass distribution of graphic design on ads. -
First Graphic Design Company
The first graphic design company emerged in 1903. The company was named Wiener Werkstätte. -
The Term Graphic Design Appears
In 1922 William Addison Dwiggins came up with the term graphic design as a way to describe his work with books. -
Start Of The Digital Era
At the start of the 1950's computer programs for graphic design started to come out. As time progressed these programs became more advanced until we got to todays technology. -
Modern Graphic Design
In the modern era almost everyone has access to graphic design tools and are using them without knowing it. There are many ways to use graphic design online in the modern world. -
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