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15,000 BCE
Origin of Graphic Design
Graphic design began around 15,000 B.C. where the first cavemen decided "unga unga draw on wall." https://customlogos.com/2017/01/history-graphic-design/#:~:text=Graphic%20Design%20Roots%3A%2015%2C000%20%E2%80%93%203%2C600,Lascaux%20caves%20in%20southern%20France. -
The Wiener Werkstätte
Wiener Werkstätte was the first Graphic Design agency.
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The Bauhaus
Modern graphic design can be traced back to Bauhaus, a German art school, that offered many different types of courses in graphical design. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bauh/hd_bauh.htm -
The term "Graphic Design" appears for the first time
In his article “New Kind of Printing Calls for New Design” (printed in the Boston Evening Transcript, August 29, 1922), book designer William Addison Dwiggins first used the term “graphic design” to describe exactly what his role was in structuring and managing the visuals in book design.https://99designs.com/blog/design-history-movements/history-graphic-design/ -
The invention of the first computer
The ENIAC was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania and began construction in 1943 and was not completed until 1946. With the invention of the computer, many graphic design programs will be easy to get an access later in the far future. https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/courses/compsci111s2c/lectures/andre/computerhope_com_issues_ch000984.pdf -
Thoughts on Design is published by Paul Rand
He posted what he thought about graphical design and those thoughts shaped the entire future of graphic design.
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Logo Design and Company Identity
Many companies began Identifying themselves using logos in the late 1940's. https://www.canva.com/learn/ultimate-guide-history-graphic-design/ -
First drawing tablet.
The first graphics tablet resembling contemporary tablets and used for handwriting recognition by a computer was the Styalator in 1957. http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Graphics_tablet#:~:text=The%20first%20graphics%20tablet%20resembling,was%20the%20Styalator%20in%201957. -
Etch a sketch
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/67257/20150710/etch-a-sketch-history.htm The etch a sketch hit stores in 1960 and brought many new people in the world of graphic designs. This otherwise small childs toy got many kids interested and brought them into graphics design. -
Popularization of anime in the west
The 1960's brought the first wave of japanese animation over to the US. These asian cartoons got many people, both children and adults alike, interested in the world of drawing and graphic design. -
Postmodernism explodes
Postmodernism evolved as an evolution from and rebellion against modern ideas. It questioned many things, and was a big part of what modern graphic design can represent.
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Home computers entering the market
By 1974, we had the first personal computer that could be purchased by the masses, the Altair 8800. The invention of the first home computer was just the beginning of the digital age of graphic design. https://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/blog/computers-around-century-ago/#:~:text=And%20from%20there%20we%20have,the%20masses%2C%20the%20Altair%208800. -
MS Paint gets people interested
As silly as it sounds, many peoples artistic careers started with messing around on Microsofts free paint program that comes on all windows platforms. https://bit.ly/325vY56 -
Creation of Photoshop
Photoshop was first developed in 1987 and today is known as one of the most popular graphical design programs.
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Internet becomes widely available
On august 6, 1991, internet become widely available for the first time and marked one of the biggest changes to both the world and graphic design. The internet allowed easier access to tutorials, guides, sources, and images to use for graphic design.
https://bit.ly/2R5FJu0
