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Graphic Design (https://99designs.com/blog/design-history-movements/history-graphic-design/)

By Jaryn
  • 1439

    Invention of the Gutenberg press

    Johannes Gutenberg invented a movable type and brought it to Europe and this completely changed the world.

  • First print advertisements

    The printing press made the "Coranto" which is the precursor to the newspaper.

  • Chromolithography

    Chromolithography is the ability to print things in color and it is used mostly for recreating paintings.

  • The Wiener Werkstätte

    This was the first graphic design agency that was founded.

  • Staatliches Bauhaus

    This was an art school for graphic design.

  • The term “graphic design” appears for the first time

    William Addison Dwiggins was the first to use this term.

  • Paul Rand publishes Thoughts on Design

    Paul Rand helped support Graphic Design by writing a post that said great things about Graphic Design.