History of Design

  • 15,000 BCE

    Lascaux Caves

    engravings in the walls of caves. Mostly depicted animals.
  • Ts’ai Lun
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    Ts’ai Lun

    He invented paper. Made paper cheaper.
  • Johannes Gutenberg & The Printing Press
    1450

    Johannes Gutenberg & The Printing Press

    He invented the first method of movable printing in European culture.
  • Victorian

    A form of interior design
  • Chromolithography

    Chromolithography

    Chromolithography is a unique method for making prints with multiple colors on a stone tablet using oils and water
  • Arts & Crafts Movement

    Arts & Crafts Movement

    TheArts and Crafts movement was an aesthetic design movement occurring in the last years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century
  • Art Nouveau

    Art Nouveau

    Found in architecture, interior design, jewelry, glass design, posters, and illustrations
  • Futurism

    Futurism

    Futurism is an Italian movement that aimed to capture the energy of art in the modern world
  • Vienna workshop

    Vienna workshop

    It became a successful enterprise and a community of visual arts from Austria, bringing together architects, designers, and artists
  • Heroic Realism

    Heroic Realism

    Bold text that stands out and encourages you to do something or tells you something
  • Early Modern

    Early Modern

    Innovation and experimentation with form, shapes, colors
  • BAUHAUS

    BAUHAUS

    The function is apparent in the balanced composition of abstract painting
  • Constructivism

    Constructivism

    Art aimed to reflect modern industrial society.
  • Art Deco

    Art Deco

    Represented modernism turned into fashion
  • swiss

    swiss

    Swiss style has impacted architecture by bringing a new style which is known as international style or modern design
  • Jackson Pollock

    Jackson Pollock

    Pollock’s famous drip paintings, are one of the most original bodies of work over the past centuries.
  • late modern

    late modern

    Pollock’s famous drip paintings, are one of the most original bodies of work over the past centuries.
  • Paul Rand

    Paul Rand

    Over the next few decades, he created iconic logos for companies that are still seen today. ex: UPS and ABC
  • Pop Art

    Pop Art

    Found in movies and comic books.
  • LEROY WINBUSH

    LEROY WINBUSH

    He designed signs and displays as the only African American employee at Goldblatt's Department Store and eventually became their art director.
  • Psychedelic

    Psychedelic

    The artwork is visually overwhelming to the human eye. It uses very bright and contrasting colors
  • Post Modern

    Post Modern

    Many art forms and no certain pattern of design
  • grunge

    grunge

    Grunge looks damaged or unfinished.
  • flat

    flat

    Thoughtful appliance of bright colors and contrast supporting quick visual perception
  • CINEMAGRAPH

    CINEMAGRAPH

    A still image that contains movement