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Humans used visuals as a form of communicating.
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China used wood reliefs to print and stamp designs on silk clothes, and later paper. In 1040 Bi Sheng invented the world’s first movable type printing press out of porcelain.
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In the 14th century, England's King Richard 2 made a law that all ale houses had to have signs up
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Gutenberg completed his wooden press which used movable metal type. Help spread word of art, science, and religion.
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lithography was discovered and is a method of printing that involves inking your design into a stone or metal surface and transferring it to a sheet of paper. This gave way to chromolithography, which is simply but with colored prints.
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The first graphic design agency emerged .
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To create for other people or companies.Design web pages, brochures, logos, signs, books, magazine covers, annual reports, advertisements,etc.Create these materials by hand or by using technology, including computer software programs.
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In the article “New Kind of Printing Calls for New Design” ,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.
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The mass-adoption of home computers is a technological advancement giving access to new art styles, digital software, and methods of creating art.
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Changed the face of graphic design. Photoshop created a whole new category of graphic design, bring together elements of photography, illustration, and CGI.
