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The Beginning of Graphic Design
The beginning of Modern Graphic Design started in the 1800s. This was during the expansion of industry. Graphic design was made with hand drawn sketches and or paintings and were printed. Graphic design was cheaper than printing news paper so it gave designers a larger audience because the posters were a main way of advertising during the time.link text -
Wiener Werkstätte(First Graphic Design Agency)
With more and more people realizing the benefit in graphic design it soon emerged an agency for it which was Wiener Werkstätte. This was the first organization of visual artist such as painters, and graphic designers. The organization set the bar for other collaborative agencies to followlink text -
Staatliches Bauhaus founded
Continuing what the Wiener organization started the Staatliches Bauhaus or better know as Bauhaus, was founded and their main goal was to re-imagine the material world and unify all art types into one perfect art. There was a proclamation of Bauhaus which described the company as a guild combing architecture, sculpting and painting into one single work of art. With a curriculum to turn out artisans and designer to create beautiful works.[link]https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bauh/hd_bauh.htm) -
The term "Graphic Design"
. The word "Graphic Design" was introduced in 1922 by William Dwiggins. In the beginning art was done by hand such as sketched art or painted art link text -
Times New Roman
The font we all know of as Time New Roman was created by an early graphic designer named Stanley Morison, who was hired by "The Times" who was a national daily newspaper based in London. And because the font was used in newspaper it quickly became popular and was began being used in our printers and computers we use today. link -
Late Modernism Movement.
The late modernism movement was a movement that happened from the end world war 2 to the early 21st century. America gained a lot of wealth after the war and the demand for advertising increased rapidly along with marketing and packaging. This mood matched the mood of graphic designer's creativity and inspiration after the war so graphic design had increased in demand rapidly. -
Paul Rand Publishes "thoughts on Design
Paul Rand published a book called "Thoughts of Design", which helped idealize how graphic design is today. His book talks about the need of creative view and his theories of how Graphic Design would come to be. His book helped shape graphic design into what it is today by inspiring designers to be as creative as they could and to view their art as beauty.He also left his mark on many everyday brands that we still see today.[link text](brainpickings.org/2014/08/19/paul-rand-thoughts-on-design/) -
Kitsch Emerges
There is a lot of speculation of where and when the term kitsch originated in the 1880s. But Kitsch emerged in art in the 1950s. It emphasizes high contrast and bold colors and illustrations of dramatically posed people, Kitsch is a German word for bad taste. Artist in the 1950 were took futuristic styles to the next level with dramatic curves and space-age forms. link text -
A Glimpse At the Digital Era
IN the 1950s onward, the world began to slowly approach to the digital era that we currently enjoy and use today. Computers began to be massively produced and adopted in many homes. It was a technological advancement that can be compared to the printing press created a long time ago in 1440. Thus, giving a new age of communication and giving access to digital software with new ways of creating art.link -
Helvetica
Fonts were becoming popular in the 1950s and an addition to the meta the Helvetica font was created. It has become one of the most popular fonts to this day and is used on many signs and newspapers. It was designed by the two designers Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffman. link text -
The invention of Pin Up Girl and the Barbie doll
The invention of the Barbie doll was a major impact on artist and industry together. Its first year in the market 300,000 dolls were sold. The barbie was a prime example of kitsch as it had dramatic curves and the clothing was usually bright colored. Barbie dolls are still ongoing today as we know.This inspired artist the produced kitsch to keep designing and creating works of art even though they were criticized by other artists.link text -
The Psychedelic Style Emerged
From the Latin word Psych meaning "mind" and a Greek word "doles" meaning "awaken", "awaken the mind, Psychedelic art emerged in the 1960s as a movement and it is characterized by hallucinations and distortion of sight and awareness. Typical designs include abstract swirls with intense color. it not only influenced in art but also in clothing as well as music.link text -
Adobe Photoshop
The first adobe Photoshop was created on Feb. 19th 1990. It was created by the brothers Thomas and John Knoll. They were from America and Photoshop was a subset to the program Adobe Illustrator. Allowing Graphic designers to take their art to the next level with better software. It took up a lot of memory on PCs, but Photoshop became one of the first "Killer apps" Adobe bought Photoshop from the brothers for $34.5 million dollars link text -
Grunge Design Emerged
Grunge emerged in the 1990s and it actually started in music. It gradually spread into fashion as well as graphic design. It was inspired by punk or heavy metal. Because grunge was messy the art and design was messy too. textures were thick and heavy, letters blurred, and the letters were sprayed like. The concert posters had messy letters as well. link text -
Flat Design Emerges
Flat design can be described as art that emphasizes bright colors and two-dimensional shapes with sharp lines with a nice use of negative space. It is known as the opposite of "rich design" Because it is so simple. It its used now in many kid friendly cartoons such as Peppa Pig link text
