History Graphic Design

By sebastxan
  • 15,000 BCE

    Early Innovations in Visual Communication and Printing

    15,000–10,000 BC: Pictographs and symbols in the Lascaux caves in southern France represent the first known visual communication.
  • The Blau Monuments
    3600 BCE

    The Blau Monuments

    oldest artifact known to combine words and pictures
  • Albrecht Pfister
    1460

    Albrecht Pfister

    First to add illustrations to a printed book.
  • The first Caslon Old Style font

    The first Caslon Old Style font

  • The first Sans-serif type font appears in a book.

  • The development of the halftone screen allows for the first photo to be printed with a full range of tones.

  • Modern Design Styles Emerge

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    Art Deco, with its bold geometrics and high contrast colors, becomes mainstream.

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    Illustrations that revolved around collages and overlaid elements became popular in the Post-Modern movement.

  • The Digital Revolution

  • 2000's

    2000's

    Grunge design emerges, using rough textures to portray a gritty feeling.

  • On-screen

    Cinemagraphs, photographs where one small movement is made, emerge to grab viewers' attention in the clutter of on-screen marketing.