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Jan 1, 1450
EARLY TYPOGRAPHERS
Typography was the begining of design because people wanted to express their ideas through writing and make their scripts more appealing to the eyes. -
Period: Jan 1, 1450 to
Brief History of Design and Art
Timelime of the history of design and art -
Jan 1, 1468
JOHANNES GUTENBERG
GUTENBERG, JOHANN (c. 1398—1468), German printer, is supposed to have been born 1398—1399 at Mainz of well-to-do parents, his father being Friele zum Gensfleisch and his mother Elsgen Wyrich, whose birthplace “Gutenberg”, was the name he adopted. The Germans, and most other people, contend that Gutenberg was the inventor of the art of printing with movable types. Through the invention of the printing press books became easier to acquire and art began to be distributed among common people. -
Jan 1, 1480
POPULAR PRINTING TECHNIQUES
As a graphic designer you will come across a client in need of a design for print. Knowing the printing process, the costs, and limitations can help you as a designer to not only create amazing designs, but also answer any questions and guide your client to give them the best possible solutions that are affordable and effective. -
May 2, 1519
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, scientist, and inventor during the Italian Renaissance. He is considered by many to be one of the most talented and intelligent people of all time. The term Renaissance Man (someone who does many things very well) was coined from Leonardo's many talents and is today used to describe people who resemble da Vinci. -
Jan 1, 1520
TYPE CLASSIFICATION
A basic system for classifying typefaces was devised in the nineteenth century, when printers sought to identify a heritage for their own craft analogous to that of art history. Humanist letterforms are closely connected to calligraphy and the movement of the hand. Transitional and modern typefaces are more abstract and less organic. These three main groups correspond roughly to the Renaissance, Baroque, and Enlightenment periods in art and literature. -
Mar 1, 1564
Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo]; March 1475 – 18 February 1564), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Considered to be the greatest living artist during his lifetime, he has since also been described as one of the greatest artists of all time. -
End of the Renaissance
Florence: Renaissance iterally “rebirth,” the period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages and conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in Classical scholarship and values. The Renaissance also witnessed the discovery and exploration of new continents, the substitution of the Copernican for the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, the decline of the feudal system and the growth. 1300 to 1600 -
Peter Paul Reubens
Born on June 28, 1577, Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens was one of the most celebrated and prolific artists in Europe during his lifetime as well as the entire Baroque era. His patrons included royalty and churches, and his art depicted subjects from religion, history and mythology. Known for such works as "The Descent from the Cross," "Wolf and Fox Hunt," "Peace and War," "Self-Portrait with Helena and Peter Paul" and "The Garden of Love," -
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist who was perhaps the greatest sculptor of the 17th century and an outstanding architect as well. Bernini created the Baroque style of sculpture and developed it to such an extent that other artists are of only minor importance in a discussion of that style. -
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Fragonard was the son of a haberdasher’s assistant. The family moved to Paris about 1738, and in 1747 the boy was apprenticed to a lawyer, who, noticing his appetite for drawing, suggested that he be taught painting. François Boucher was prevailed upon to accept him as a pupil (c. 1748), and in 1752, Fragonard’s elementary training completed, Boucher recommended that he compete for a Prix de Rome scholarship, which meant study under the court painter to Louis XV, -
Barroque and Rocco
The Extravagant, complex, or bizarre, especially in ornamentation. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a style in art and architecture developed in Europe from the early 17th to mid-18th century, emphasising dramatic, often strained effect and typified by bold, curving forms, elaborate ornamentation, and overall balance of disparate parts. -
Romanticism
Britannica Classic: “The Spirit of Romanticism” [Credit: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]attitude or intellectual orientation that characterized many works of literature, painting, music, architecture, criticism, and historiography in Western civilization over a period from the late 18th to the mid-19th century. Romanticism can be seen as a rejection of the precepts of order, calm, harmony, balance, idealization, and rationality that typified Classicism in general and late 18th Century. -
The Victorian Period
The Victorian period formally begins in 1837 (the year Victoria became Queen) and ends in 1901 (the year of her death). As a matter of expediency, these dates are sometimes modified slightly. 1830 is usually considered the end of the Romantic period in Britain, and thus makes a convenient starting date for Victorianism. Similarly, since Queen Victoria’s death occurred so soon in the beginning of a new century, the end of the previous century provides a useful closing date for the period. -
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT
The Arts and Crafts movement initially developed in England during the latter half of the 19th century. Subsequently this style was taken up by American designers, with somewhat different results. In the United States, the Arts and Crafts style was also known as Mission style. -
DEVELOPMENT OF THE POSTER
Printed advertisements can be traced back to the 16th century, but the poster as we know it today did not emerge until 1860 with the invention of the colour lithographic printing process.
Brilliantly coloured posters could be produced cheaply, and the medium reached an artistic peak in Paris during the late 19th century. Advertising products as well as theatrical and musical performances, posters of this time period exhibit the decorative patterns that characterize Art Nouveau. -
PETER BEHRENS
Peter Behrens is one of the most influential 20th-century German designers. At the beginning of the century, he brought forth outstanding works in painting, architecture, graphic design and industrial design, which exerted a paramount influence in all these various fields, opening up uncharted territory for the generations to come. -
ART NOUVEAU
There is no single definition or meaning of Art Nouveau. But the following are distinguishing factors. (1) Art Nouveau philosophy was in favour of applying artistic designs to everyday objects, in order to make beautiful things available to everyone. No object was too utilitarian to be "beautified". (2) Art Nouveau saw no separation in principle between fine art (painting and sculpture) and applied or decorative arts (ceramics, furniture, and other practical objects). -
Glasgow
En Glasgow se desarrolló un nuevo tipo de planeamiento de los edificios -
Neoclassisim
In the arts, historical tradition or aesthetic attitudes based on the art of Greece and Rome in antiquity. In the context of the tradition, Classicism refers either to the art produced in antiquity or to later art inspired by that of antiquity; Neoclassicism always refers to the art produced later but inspired by antiquity. -
HENRY VAN DE VELDE
By designing furniture and interiors for the Paris art galleries of Samuel Bing in 1896, van de Velde was responsible for bringing the Art Nouveau style to Paris. Van de Velde’s most vital contributions to modern design were made as a teacher in Germany, where his name became known through the exhibition of furnished interiors at Dresden in 1897. -
Jugendstil
“estilo joven o de la juventud” y designa la variante del Art Nouveau que surgió en Alemania durante la última década del siglo XIX. -
Wiener Werkstätte
La Wiener Werkstätte fue una agrupación constituida por artistas visuales, arquitectos y diseñadores, establecida en Viena en 1903 con la finalidad de formar a gente en diferentes disciplinas artísticas. -
Futurism
artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasized speed, technology, youth, and ...
Afrofuturism • Vorticism • Futurism (music) • Neo-futurism -
expressionism
a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. -
Vorticism
a short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century, partly inspired by Cubism. -
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning in 1919 and was a rejection of the idea of autonomous art. -
Suprematism Constructivism
art movement, focused on basic geometric forms -
Behavioral Objectives Movement
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Meta Design
holistic perspective of service design that distinguishes itself from all previous design methodologies. Rather than focusing on the ‘end user’ service design seeks to collaborate with all users of a service -
New Ideas
The introduction and success of the personal computer allowed for designers to take the clean design of modernism -
Participatory design
Participatory methodology was seen most commonly in urban planning until recent developments in design gave this method its name. -
Performance Technology
Thomas Gilbert devised Human Performance Technology when he realized that formal learning programs often only brought about a change in knowledge not a change in behavior. -
THE MACINTOSH COMPUTER
The Apple Macintosh revolutionized the entire computer industry by the year of 1984. Steve Jobs and his ingenious Macintosh team arranged for the computer to be used by the normal “person in the street” – and not only by experts.
“Insanely great” – Steve Jobs could hardly put into words his enthusiasm by the launch of the Macintosh. On the legendary annual general meeting of January 24th, 1984. -
User design
User testing became less about usability and more about a users interests and needs. (Norman) -
Human-centered design
Human-centered design and user-centered design were often interchangeable terms regarding the integration of end users within a design process. -
Cognitive Load Theory
David Sweller's cognitive load theory was the first to consider working memory as it related to learning and the design of instruction. -
Controlled Chaos
Controlled chaos is a hybrid of modernism and post-modernism. In the nineties, the computer allowed designers to create designs that looked irrational but at the same time, it was controlled because of the mathematical construction of the computer. The computer also allowed easier access to special effects that were once costly. Controlled chaos was symbolic and symptomatic of the culture’s relentless media bombardment. It was also a rebellion against professionalism and corporate design. -
Under consideration
Established in 2002, Under Consideration has created, maintained and contributed to the success of 6 design blogs. -
Service design
It draws on several traditions including product, environment, experience and interaction design” (Kimbell 2009, p. 250) -
new simplicity
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Vorticism
Vorticism was a short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century, partly inspired by Cubism. -
Punk Art Movement
When punk was established in the mid ’70s, Britain’s youth became daring and rebellious and started to wear outrageous clothing that had never been seen before. Clothes that had previously always aimed to look clean and presentable were being torn up, frayed and printed to attract attention. Most punks wore tight drainpipe jeans, tartan trousers, kilts and leather jackets which were often decorated with painted band logos, pins, buttons and metal studs or spikes.
