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Graphic Design
AN INTRODUCTION
What is it?
In graphic design, "the essence is to give order to information, form to ideas, expression and feeling to artifacts that document human experience." (Meggs)
Graphic Design
A VISUAL HISTORY
Early Design
Lascaux, France. circa 14000 B.C.E.
Early Design
Egyptian Hieroglyphics, date unknown
Early Design
Book of Kells, AD 800
Early Design
Gutenberg Bible 1450s
First text in western Europe that used movable type.
Reproduction now more economic and efficient
Enlightenment
Pamphlet, John Locke, 1734
Enlightenment
Declaration of Independence, 1776
Design as symbol of resistance
Industrial Revolution
Toulouse-Lautrec Poster late 1800s
The Dawn of Advertising
Industrial Revolution
Advertisement Late 1800s
Art Nouveau
Modern Design
DaDa-inspired poster 1920s
DaDa1920s-30s
Paris, GermanyNew York
Modern Design
Bauhaus Poster 1923
The Bauhaus Movement1919-1933
Mirrors Cubism and Constructivist movements in art world
Modern Design
Bauhaus Poster
The Bauhaus Movement1919-1933
Modern Design
Soviet Constructivist Design
Swiss Movement
Piet Mondrian
The influence of the Swiss
Swiss Movement
The influence of the Swiss
Swiss Movement
Helvetica Poster
The influence of the Swiss
Helvetica
Swiss Movement
VW Beetle Ad, 1950s
The influence of the Swiss
Swiss Movement
Magazine Cover, 1969
The influence of the Swiss
American Modernism
Logos
Paul Rand1914-1996
Book Cover
Paul Rand1914-1996
American Modernism
American Modernism
Album Cover
1960s & Pop Art
Milton Glaser
Post-Modernism
Magazine Cover
Tibor Kalman1949-1999
Post-Modernism
Magazine Cover
David Carson
Post-Modernism
Poster 1995
Paula Scher
Post-Modernism
Poster 1995
Stefan Sagmeister
Post-Modernism
Magazine Cover
Tibor Kalman1949-1999
