1. Some Key Dates of
Graphic Design History
BA DIGITAL MEDIA DESIGN
Lesson: Design for Digital Media
London College of Communication
University of the Arts London
Angela Michanitzi
2. 15,000 - 10,000 BC
• The first known visual communication, with pictographs
and symbols in the Lascaux caves in southern France.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzShXDxm2v8
3. 3600 BC
• The Blau Monument, the oldest artifact
known to combine words and pictures.
4. 105 AD
• Chinese government official Tsíai Lun or
Cai Lun credited with inventing paper.
5. 1045 AD
• Pi Sheng invents movable type, allowing
for characters to be individually placed for
printing.
7. 1450
• Johann Gensfleisch zum Gutenburg credited
with perfecting the system for printing type in
books.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=qexDBgWM2X8&feat
ure=related
14. 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.
16. 1860
• Arts and Crafts Movement - John Ruskin,
William Morris, Gustav Stickley.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVjcyH72Vfo
17. 1861
• Williams Morris, who became a highly influential
figure in design history, sets up art-decorating firm.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3kLR4N10Qg
18. 1880
• Development of halftone screen allows
for first photo printed with a full range
of tones.
19. 1890
• Art Nouveau movement begins and changes
design, making its way into all types of
commercial design and utilizing all
types of arts.
20. 1901
• Frank Lloyd Wright - 'The Art and Craft of the
Machine'; basic principles of modern industrial
design; future designers create prototypes for
machine production.
21. 1910
• AEG (German General Electric). This is
the beginning of ʻcorporate imageʼ.
22. 1916
• Dada Movement. George Grosz, Hannah
Hoch, Kurt Schwitters, Marx, Ernst,
Marcel Duchamp, Andre Breton, Hans
Arp.
23. 1917
• The Art movement called De Stijl, Dutch for ʻThe
Styleʼ was on the rise.
24. 1919
• The Bauhaus, a German school, is founded,
eventually providing the framework for
modern design.
40. 1990
• Physicist Tim Berners-Lee develops the
world wide web, along with HTML and
the concept of website addresses.
41. Brief 1
• Research, predict and record the
development of the Graphic Design from
1990 to 2020. In your blog instigate your
own timeline for your findings.
• Deadline and Critique: End of Term 1