History of Graphic Design and Illustration

Invention of Paper

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The Chinese invent paper which then spread across the knwon world at the time.

Pi Sheng invents movable type

Oct 9, 1045

Pi Sheng invents movable type, allowing for characters to be individually placed for printing.

Paper Spreads to Europe

Period: Oct 9, 1276 to Oct 9, 1495

Europeans begin producing paper at a slow pace becasue of the papers low quality which proved unsuitable for any graphical designs for religious manuuscripts.

Printing System Perfected

Oct 9, 1450

Johann Gensfleisch zum Gutenburg credited with perfecting the system for printing type in books.

First Illustrations to printed book

Oct 9, 1460

Albrecht Pfister the first to add illustrations to a printed book.

First Printing Press Made of All Cast-Iron Parts

Oct 9, 1800

Lord Stanhope invents first printing press made of all cast-iron parts, requiring 1/10 the manual labor and doubling the possible paper size.

Art Noveau enters Society

Oct 9, 1890

Art Nouveau movement begins and changes design, making its way into all types of commercial design and utilizing all types of arts.

Cave Paintings

Oct 9, 1922

Cave painting discovered in France date back to 23000 B.C.

Birth of the term Graphic Design

Oct 9, 1922

The term graphic designer first coined by American designer William Addison Dwiggens in 1922 and is today universally acknowledged as the title for the occupation of an artist engaged in communication or advertising design.

Revival of Roman classicism

Mar 2, 2022

In the early 9th century Archbishop Ebo of Rheims, at Hautvillers (near Rheims), assembled artists and transformed Carolingian art to something which evoked a revival of Roman classicism.