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History of Graphic Design

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  • Invention of the Printing Press
    1440

    Invention of the Printing Press

  • Period: 1440 to

    History of Graphic Design

  • the Industrial Revolution

    the Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial revolution sparked the need for new art and advertisements, which would lead to the eventual development of Graphic Design
  • the rise of advertising

    the rise of advertising

    Advertisements needed to pop out on the paper and catch the reader's attention, which called for the need of graphic design. Even in the older days Graphic Design was used.
  • Art Nouveau (New art) begins

    Art Nouveau (New art) begins

    The French began a revolution on old art with a modern take of art, which led to advertisements of this art and the design of.
  • First mention of "graphic design"

    First mention of "graphic design"

    William Addison Wiggins created this phrase in his article "New Kind of Printing Calls for New Design". Little did he know it would be a common name for designing.
  • Birth of Adobe Photoshop

    Birth of Adobe Photoshop

  • Birth of Canva

    Birth of Canva

  • Today

    Now we enjoy many different websites, softwares, and techniques to design anything we wish