History of Graphic Design chapter 1 The invention of writing Use tool was a major step in the human species

journey form a primitive to an organize state. Pictographs: the animals painted on caves. Elementary sketches, the dawning of visual communication. Cuneiform: Petroglyphs and ideographs : petroglyphs: carved or scratched signs or simple figures on rock. Ideographs: many petroglyphs can also be pictog raphs or ideographs, which are symbols to represent ideas or concepts. The cradle of civilization: Ancient Mesopotamia The Sumerian influence Evolution of writing: Pictographs Cuneiform Rebus writing Difficult to learn Writing elevated Libraries Literature Sense of history Standardization of weights and measurements Law Hammurabis code Mesopotamian visual identification: Mesopotamian Cylinder seals. Egyptian hieroglyphs: Egyptian rebus: represent of picture and sounds The Rosetta ston Papyrus and writing: writing on one side with olive oil.

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Illustrated manuscripts: Egyptians also combined words and pictures to communicate information Egyptian visual identification: Scarabs Conclusion: 3000 years
chapter 2 The alphabet: a set of visual symbols of characters used to represent the elementary sounds of a spoken language. North Semitic alphabet: Semite: a member of a number of people of ancient SW Asian including akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews and Arabs. Semitic refers to the language family Aramaic alphabet : origin from syria First used by the tribes from Aram Become d Dominant in the near East Predecessor to modern Arabic and Hebrew. Hebrew and Arabic languages: Square Hebrews to Modern Hebrew kufic Naskhi Aramic and India The Greek alphabet: Greek civilization King Cadmus of Phoenicia Votive stela Boustrophedon: reading left to right, right to left. Uncials: rounder writing with all caps. The Latin alphabet: The rise of Rome Roman serifs The Latin alphabet: Capitalis Quadrata Capitalis rustica: no space, even on wall writing Wall writing Parchment and vellum: cattle or cat skin. Vellum.

Codex: a early book Conclusions: alphabetic writing slowly transformed western society. Alphabetic writingwas easy to learn and literacy was put with in reach of ordinary people, in contrast tothe Egyptian and Mesopotamian cultures.

Chapter 3 Chinese contribute: Relief printing block print Invention of paper Chops Calligraphy:

A purely visual language

Invented by Ts-an Chieh Logogram: A graphic character or sign that represents an entire word Early forms of Chinese calligraphy: four phases

Chia-ku-wen: bone or shell script

Chin-wen: bronze script: food

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Chen-shu Chinese calligraphy: Bone-size authority Blood texture of ink Muscle spirit or vital force The invention of paper: Invented by tsai lun His process for making paper stayed almost unchanged until nineteenth-century England mechanized it. The discovery of printing: Relief printing: parchment. Chops: made out of jade, ivory, silver, or gold. For legal document, contrast, and trade. Ink rubbings:

Currency and religious texts Confucian classics and playing cards Moveable type: Invented around 1045 AD.

Chapter 4 Two great traditions of manuscript illumination: combined detailed typography with pictures, color, and used presets material: gold, silver, leather, and jewel.
Eastern in Islamic country Western in Europe Scriptorium: Scrittori= art director Copist=letterer Illustrator=illuminator The classical style: Vatican Vergil: collection of poetry by Publius Vergillius Maro The medieval era: The 1000 year medieval era lasted from the 5 th century fall of Rome to the 15th century renaissance. Celtic design: use 3 ornamental design with borders, carpet pages, geometric. The book of Durrow : 680 AD. The book of Durrow is the earliest fully designed and ornamented Celtic book Lindisfarne gospels 680-720AD: carpet pages Interlaces :geometric design made up of ribbon lacertines: animals Book of kells :800AD . Detail of a hare and hound(dog). used spaces between books The Caroline graphic renewal: Developed by the king of Franks Charlemagne. He unified writing, lower cap, and readability, page layout, punctuation further developed. Spanish pictorial expressionism: combined Islamic design with Christian tradition Romanesque and gothic manuscripts: letters were very conde nsed, emphasis on linear drawing, distorted figures.

The Romanesque period THE GOTHIC PERIOD 1150-1300AD: Textura: text are dark, heavy, no space. The Douce apocalypse: 1265AD The ormesby psalter-1300s Judaic manuscripts: encouraged artstic creativity for educational reason, or adorn religious objects. Haggadot: Islamic manuscripts: Koran Aniconish Islamic society believed that to make a representation n of a living thing was wrong, only god could create life and we as mortals should not make.. Persian artists

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Chapter 6 the German Illustrated Book Typography is the major communications advance between the invention of writing and 20th century mass electronic communication. Incunabula : the cradle or bodys linen or beginning caused 17th century book makers to adopt it as a name for books printed from Gutenbergs invention of typography to the end of 15th century 1450-1500 Albrecht pfister 1460AD became to illustrated book. Nuremberg becomes a printing center: Nuremberg chronicle made by Anton Koberger with Latin and roman language. Exemplars: handmade model layouts and manuscript texts used as guides for woodcut illustrations, typesetting, page design, and creation of books. Albrecht durer : publish Latin and German book the four horseman of the apocalypse The Life of the Virgin his books were an example of his mastery in the use of line as tone. Rhinoceros broadside a course in the art of measurement with compass and ruler 1525 geometric, Broad of martin luther. Designed marked first step roman typographic that based on humane italic script William Caxton created first English language book: the game and player of chesse. 90 books. Woodcut from Canterbury tales. Spanish style Great works White on black Broadsheet: Broadside: Chapter 7 Renaissance Graphic Design

1. Renaissance: revial, rebirth. Type design, page layout, illustration 2. Ars Moriendi: the art of dying. Italian style. 3. die cut 4. fleuron 5. humanism 6. can-celleresca 7. renaissance man 8. caracteres de civilte 9. crible Nicolas: his font is extremely legible, but it was the spacing between the letters that was the genius of his work. 150 books Erhard ratdolt: Calendarium (record book) He renaissance loved floral decoration. Elements of geometry 1482 Ars Moriendi: the art of dying. Italian style. Giovanni and Alberto Alvise. 1st book believed to have fleuron. Renaissance humanism: was a philosophy of human dignity and worth that defined man as capable of using reason and scientific inquire to achieve both an understanding of the world and self meaning. Aldus Manutius: printer Francesco da bologna-aka griffo: art designer. They created the type Bembo at 1495 is still used today. The dream of poliphilus. Vergils Opera: The first book set in italic font, which is modeled after cancelleresca , a slanted handwriting style favored by scholars. Renaissance men: Geoffrey Tory loved letterform. Pot Casse : his trademark of his ten years old died daughter. Illustrated crible technique: tiny dots at background to add unity. Book of Hours:1525 Champ Fleury: ideas of proportion of letterform.

Claude Garamond: was the first punch cutter to work independently of printing firms. He virtually eliminated Gothic style from Europe. Robert Granjon: developed character de civill ite: the first book of fabulous stories. Christophe Plantin: his contribution to .. The Whole Book of Psalms: first book to north America. Chapter 8

Romain du roi:1692, transitional type style. quare grid. Frech king. Two people created this type: Philippe Grandjean- punchcutter. Louis Simonneauengraver. Romain du roi initiated a category of type called transitional roman of antiques. The calligrapher was replace by the engineer Rococo era Rococo related to the fanciful French art and architecture that flourished from about 1720 to 1770 Characteristics: fluid and intricate and composed of a and c curves with scrollwork, tracery and plant forms derived from nature classical, oriental art and medieval sources. Light pastel color.. Pierre simon fourier le jeune.: established the first type family. Regular, bold ,italic. He had the most the impact in this area, the book manual of typography Engraving Business card: calling card. William Caslon 1692-1766: Caslon old style. He overnight succeeds. His typestyles were popular mainly because of their legibility. Instead of reducing the

texture to the lighter lines of the remain Romain du Roi, he made them slightly heavier. This added to their visual interest and appeal. John Baskerville: engraver of gravestone slate: his type is lighter than Caslon style. No floral design, purely graphic style. Used hot press paper/smooth. he origin of information graphics: by William playfair. he foundation of information graphic is analytical geometry The modern style Giambattista Bodoni: redid romain style. Clean, machine-like. Francoise Didot: granddad of French type style. ypography from a prospectus for la gerusalemme liberata heir experimentation led to the extended and condensed fonts of our time he process that involved casting duplicated of a relief-printing surface by pressing a matrix against it and the molding material in William Blake: songs of innocence. The epoch closes homas Berwick: father of wood engraving. England was the center of the beginning of the industrial revolution. Chapter 9 The Victorian Era Sentimentality, nostalgia, and an ideal of beauty were expressed through the printed images of children, maidens, puppies and flowers. Traditional values of home, religion and patriotism were symbolized with sweetness and piety. Owen Jones: the grammar of ornament. Chromolithography Louis Prang:

A collection of graphic materials printed by chromolithography.

The father of American Christmas cards.

Most contribution is the art education for children. Walter crane: Development of children design Randolph Caldecott: Kate Geenway: used white space in her design The rise of American editorial and advertising design:

James and John Harper -1817: One of the printing and publishing forms in the world.

Harper magazine: monthly magazine

Harper weekly: Thomas Nast was the illustrator: the father of American political cartoon.

Publisher Frank Tousey: comic book The bridge to the twentieth century

The industrial revolution: the impact of industrial technology upon visual communications.

Modern is a style of typeface developed in the late 18th century that continued through much of the 19th century.

Vincent Figgins: slab serif Friedrich Koenig: steam powered double cylinder press 1814. 1100per hour. The mechanization of typography: Otpmar Mergenthaler 1886 The inventory of photography The camera obscura: was a darkened room of box with a small opening or lens in one side. Light rays passing through the opening.

Joseph Niepce: heliogravure( sun graving) the first man fixed images. Henry ox Talbot: photogenic drawing-photogram images made without camera. The pencil of nature. Sir John Herschel: created negative. George Eastman: put picture of every day human living. .T. Nadar: took pictures of popular people Matthew Brady: documentary pictures. Chapter 10 The arts and craft movement

hey stove to create a way of life involving society and its relationship to art itself

here was a growing reaction to the anti design trend of industry and , which was part of more general resentment to the tyranny of the machine. Socialism 1. Any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods. 2. A system of society of group living in which there is no private property William Morris1834- 1896

Fitness of purpose returning to honesty in design not to be found in massproduced items.

ruth to the nature of material and methods of production.

Individual expression by both designer and worker-talent and creativity of the individual craftsman. 2 dimensional fabric designer John Ruskin: scientist, poet. Believed beautiful things were valuable because their beauty.

Influenced National education, elderly care. The century guild: Arthur H.Mackmurdo

Design was to be elevated to its rightful place beside painting and sculpture.

They incorporate renaissance and Japanese design ideas into their works.

Their designs provide one to links between the A&CM and art Nouveau Hobby Horse: Selwyn image. the first magazine devolved exclusively visual arts The Kelmscott Press Golden typeface: 50 titles The private press movement Charles ashbee: Essex House Press: the Psalter of 1922 Doves press: dove press bible Christopher dresser: contemporary of William Morris, the father of graphic design. Rudolf Koch: influenced by William Morris: he thought of the alphabet as a supreme spiritual achievement of humanity and he pursued the medieval experience through the design and lettering of handmade manuscript. American connection: Albert Bruce Rodgers. Conclusion: The legacy of the arts and crafts movement extends beyond visualappearances. Its philosophies became an important inspiration for 20 th centurydesigners.

CHAPTER 11 Kitagawa Utamaro : supreme poet of Japanese art Katsushika Hokusai: 35000 works. He was famous for Red Fuji with 36 views. Ando Iroshige: Japonisme- the term for late 19th century mania for al things Japanese Art Nouveau was an international decorative style that was predominant during the two

decades of 1890-1910, identifying quality is an organic, plantlike line, vine tendrils, flowers, birds, and the human female form were frequent motifs from which this fluid line was adapted. Jules Cheret: poster for the Doe in the Woods. Masked Ball

Father of the modern day poster. English art nouveau: The Studio Aubrey Beardsley :black spot. Book Salone. Influenced late twenty designs. The Beggarstaff Brothers French art nouveau:

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Painted after being cripple.

Alphonse Mucha: Gismonda Poster-a Christmas design. Women with long floating hair Art Nouveau Comes to America

William Bradley: self taught, influenced by William Morris. Used mechanical technique. Chop books.

Ethel Reed: poster for Folly or Saintliness. Belgium Art Nouveau: Henri van de velde:

wrote a paper which stated that a new art would be necessary which would be contemporary in concept and form but possess the vitality and ethical integrity of the great decorative and applied arts of the past.

His work is viewed as a serious effort to develop new forms for the era.

All branches of art share a common language of form and equal importance to

the human community in his opinion. German art Nouveau: Otto Eckmann : Jugend(Youth) Art Nouveau is one of the attitudes toward materials, process and values rather than one of it[t surface appearance.

Chapter 12 the modern Era The genesis of twentieth century design

Art nouveau proved that invention, rather than duplicating ideas was a successful way to create.

Designers moved form the organic drawing The Glasgow school: the four- the distinguished by symbolic imagery and styled form. Bold lines define flat planes of color

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Margaret and Frances Macdonald Talwin Morris: applied geometric spatial division and lyrical geometric forms of the Glasgow group to mass communications. The Vienna secession 1897: key member of the group were painter Gustav Klimt, architect Joseph Maria Olbrich, Josef Hoffmann and artist /designer koloman mooser. Ver sacrum (1898-1903 sacred spring) experienced Peter Behrens: father of cooperative design. Design for the London Underground: Frank Pick. Their artist explorations and philosophies coursed through design activities in the decades ahead. Chapter 13 The influence of modern art

Cubism: figures are broken down into geometric planes and some are viewed from more than one viewpoint at once. The shapes, textures and values are the real subject of these early paintings. Synthetic cubism- the essence of the object was captured. Composed of fewer and simpler forms, brighter colors were employed for a more decorative effect. Futurism-poetry: Filippo Marinet, Italian poet: the manifesto voiced enthusiasm for war, the machine age, speed and modern life we will destroy museums, libraries, and flight against morals, feminism and all utilitarian cowardice Marinetti and his flowers created emotional ly charged poetry and defied correct syntax and grammar. Futurism-advertising Fortunato Depero: they forced poets and graphic designers to rethink the nature of the typographic word and its meaning. Dada claimed to be anti-art and had a strong negative and destructive element, dada artists and poets were concerned with the shock value of their work, protest and nonsense They rebelled against eh world and all of its war, decadence, and faith in technology, religion and conventional amoral does. John heartfiled: used photomontage as a powerful propaganda weapon. Surrealism

Surrealism grew out of Freudian free-association and dream analysis. It searched the world of intuition, dreams, and unconscious realm that Freud explored.

It looked for ways to make new truths, to reveal the language of the soul.

Surrealism was not a style, it was a matter of thinking and knowing, a way to feel and live. Rene Magritte: mystery means nothing. Salvador dali: perspective drawing. Surrealism impact on graphic design has been diverse. It provided a poetic example of the liberation of the human spirit and pioneered new techniques. Surrealism showed how fantasy and intuition could be expressed in visual terms. Expressionism: Came out of Germany pre WWI as a way to depict not objective realty but subjective emotions and personal responses to subjects and events. Line, color and shape were pronounced and color and value contrasts were intensified. Texture was achieved through thick paint, loose brushwork and bold contours. Photography and the Modern Movement Man rays camerless prints called rayographs Conclusion: the images, methods, and philosophies from cubism, futurism, dada,surrealism and expressionism have continued to influence designers, artists, andillustrators to this day.

Chapter 14 pictorial Modernism Plakastil Lucian Bernhard-self taught artist, developed san-serif style. The maverick from Munich Ludwig Hohlwein Post cubist pictorial modernism. A.M Cassandre: Was a lover of typography and he had a special ability to integrate words and images into a total composition. Combining type, geometric forms and symbolic imagery

enabled him to produce masterpieces such as this poster for a Paris newspaper. Austin Cooper Jose binder Modernist pictorial graphics in Europe focused on the total integration ofword and image, which became one of the most enduring currents of 20th century design. Chapter 15 constructivism Suprematism: Kasimir Malevich-Suprematism

Basic form and pure color

He sought the supreme expression of feeling, seeking and practical values, no ideas, no promised land. Constructivism: Sans-serif test Colors: red: symbolized revolution, blood-shed Black: for lettering Use of grid for construction Asymmetrical typography: identified with the art of revolution Use of diagonal lines (text or rules) Later addition of photomontage El lissitzky: communisis, advertising design, book for the voice. he isms of art Alexander Rodchenko: did lots of photo matages. De stijl (the style) Theo van Doesburg: the worked in an abstract geometric style to seek laws of equilibrium and harmony for art, which could then be a prototype for a new social order. Piet Mondrian: inspired by van go.

Composition with RED, yellow, and blue.

Pure geometric abstraction. Chapter 16 Bauhaus

The early Bauhaus sought a new unity of artists and craftsmen to build for the future.

Workshops were taught by an artist and a craftsman and were organized along medieval lines-master, journeyman, and apprentice.

Workshops, not studios, were to be the basis for Bauhaus teaching.

Teachers in the fine as art areas were called masters of Form while instructions in the crafts areas were called workshop masters Johannes Itten: the master of the art of color. Again any materials. Vorkurs: this course required six months Master of Form Wassily KandinskyRussian artist who attempted to identify a language of vision. These shapes represent Kandinskys attempt to prove a universal correlations between color and geometry. Icon of Bauhaus: yellow triangle, red square, blue circle. Moholy-Nagy: conservative, practical man with practical meaning on teaching. Selftaught. He described typography as a tool of communication. It must be communication in its most intense form. The emphasis must be on absolute claritylegibility communication must never be impaired by an a priori esthetics. He wanted to be rule free in his use of typography and have typographical composition exclusively dictated by the inner law of expression and the optical effect.

Typophoto : To communicate information im mediately. Art and technology a new unity: Oscar Schlemmer designed in 1922 Bauhaus seal Herber Bayer designed famous cover for Bauhaus. Jan Tschichold : Apply new design solution to problem design. Not belong to Bauhaus but its ideas influenced him. The elementary of typography. Book the new typography. San-serif typography is important, rule used for structure, white space. Paul Renner 1924: invented Futura-san-serif font. Stanley Morison 1931: invented the times font/ roman style, the widely font in 20th century

The Isotype Movement Otto Neurath-Innovator of pictograph: birth vs. death. The Netherlands connection Willem Sandberg Herbert Matter: the Swiss, photomontage, modern art Chapter 17 modern art and the U.S.A. WILLIAM ADDISON DWIGGINS: the first book he printed was the power of print and men. Used abstract. Lester Beal: from Chicago, self taught artist, influenced by Dada. Alexey Brodovitch: from Russia. with his use of white space and sharp typography he
wanted to attain a musical feeling in the flow of text and pictures. Joseph Binder: WPA: work progress administration Will Burtin: from Germany in 1939, 3D model.

Walter P. Paepcke: A PATRON OF DESIGN. The founder of CCA: container cooperation of America. CCAs new visual identity was based o two principles, the vision
of the designer and a supportive client. Herbert Bayer: world gfographic atlas. 350 pages. Many of the designers who came to America from Europe brought design concepts that enriched not Chapter 18 pioneer of the movement Cons : critics had complained that is based on formula ns results in the same solution Pros: others argue that it purity has given the designer the means to achieve a perfection of form.

Visual unity of design achieve by asymmetrical organization of the design elements on a mathematically constructed grid.

Ss type is used in a flush left ragged right alignment and visual elements, which are clear and factual.

Grids and SS type was used because it was felt that they reflected the spirit of the age. Max Bil: student of Bauhaus. New Swiss sans-serif typefaces Adrian Frutiger: created the Univers font. Edouard Hoffman: created the Helvetica Hermann zapf : developed Palatino Emil Ruder : he taught his student that legibility and readability are primary concerns.

Taught negative space Design in Basel and Zurich. Josef Muller-Brockman: the leader of this movement. He sought to portray an objective and impersonal communication to the audience.

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History Of Graphic Design Explained

The actual terminology surrounding graphic designers has started out in the twentieth century. Nevertheless, there are many events that led up to graphic design that could be considered a piece of the history of graphic design itself. Graphic design has its roots in similar rich cultural history of all art. Art has been a piece of cultures since prior to the written word. The history of graphic design stems from these ancient beginnings. The history of graphic design is, in a sense, the history of art and its applications and methods, in addition to a history of graphic design reproduction techniques and technology. Like all recreational and applied arts, graphic design got its real beginning with the innovation of the printing press. Previously in the history of graphic design, art and other creative works had to be hand copied. The skills to print copies of art and other creative works was a massive step toward the graphic design that exists nowadays. Another large part of graphic design history was the increase in picture taking, and later film making. These important steps at the finish of the nineteenth century were the stepping stones to creating the graphic designs that weve presently. This era also marks the beginning of the separation of creative art, or art for entertainment, from applied art, or art that was employed for a purpose such as conveying a moral, advertising, and other graphic design purposes. The next largest part of graphic design history was the growth of the computer, and more significantly, the technological wave that led to a personal computer in every home as weve nowadays. Graphic design wouldnt be as popular, nor would it be as efficient, creative, and reproducible without the invention of computers. As a consequence, the history of graphic design is closely tied with the history of computers, software, computer imaging software, computer scanners, computer printers, and digital picture taking. The internet and graphic design software are maybe the most significant of these technological advances that are a large role in the history of graphic design. Without all of these important technological advances, graphic design wouldnt be just what it is these days. There are a number of other important landmarks in graphic design history. In 1919 the first union of art and industry was put into place. In 1929 commercial artists, advertising designers, and illustrators became commonplace place. In 1970 mega computers allowed for more advances in graphic design with businesses like IBM. The increase in the micro processor, providing personal workplace and home computers, were returned 1980 and was marketed with Apple computers in 1984. Finally, the now frequent place technology of internet access in 1993 tops off the graphic design history that has lead to the graphic design industry we know and recognize these days. To take in information more to do with the history of graphic design, you can search the internet or your local library. Many colleges and universities proposal arts

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Graphic Design History:

At the very early stages, graphics was not considered an integral part of any particular business or community. The advent of graphics can be contributed to the first few black in white cartoons, which illustrated that the graphic media can be used to attract people and generate revenue. The business sector and other industries paid little or no heed to the graphical revolution at that time. Nevertheless, the advent of colors in graphics in cartoons and animation propell ed the importance of graphic design. It was the same time when computers started making use of graphic design to create interfaces and platforms for computer applications. The programmers and developers realized the potential of graphic design and started develop painting software's and launched several small computer games with limited capabilities. As the processing capabilities of computers and technology increased, so did the graphic design capability. The major trend in graphic field came when business started to use graphic design for advertisement and promotional campaign. This trend developed to a great extent as online mechanism and internet started to use graphic design for building web pages and online promotions.

How has the field developed?

The graphic design field has developed to be an integral part of every major industry of trade and commerce. Whether it's business, entertainment, educational, or any other promotional campaign, every aspect utilizes graphic designs. The businesses exclusive ly market their products on well designed web pages, which use the latest graphical designs. All the business utensils, such as business cards, brochures, banners are created using graphical designs and patterns. The graphic sector has become a huge business industry, and there are

multibillionaire firms, which provide graphic design services. There has been an advent of powerful 2D and 3D software that enables the movie and entertainment industry to develop sensational animations and movies. The graphic d esign agencies are deployed in the production of movies and helps in generation millions of dollars at the box office. The internet has made use of graphic designing to promote online businesses. Graphic design is exclusively used to create e-commerce web design and web advertisement tools. There are many online graphic designers and web pages that facilitate the development of online websites. The major impact of graphic design, and the extent to which the graphic field is developed, is evidently clear fr om the fact that every major business and online promotion rely on graphic design and eye-catching illustrations to propel their businesses.

The History of Graphic Design Graphic design is is the process and art of combining text and graphics and communicating an effective message in the design of logos, graphics, brochures, newsletters, posters, signs, and any other type of visual communication. One of the most important features of graphic design is the composition. Activities that reflect modern graphic design have been present throughout the history of mankind, from the caves of Lascaux to the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages. The distinction between advertising art, graphic design, and fine art is sometimes hard to define. Advertising art is concerned chiefly with the sale of products or services whereas graphic design is to give order to information, form to ideas, expression and feeling to artifacts that document human experiences.
The history of graphic design is intimately linked with printing. Wood blocks were cut to reproduce Buddhist texts between the 4th and 7th century. This was the beginning of printing. Many people are familiar with Johann Gutenbergs invention of the printing press in 1450, which made books widely availab le for the first time. Graphic designs of this early era are called Old Style or Humanist. Piet Mondrian, the father of graphic design, began using grids in the late nineteenth century to help lay out his artwork. The Journal of Design and Manufactures, authored by Henry Cole, spurred the industry to new heights in the Victorian era. From 1891 to 1896, the Kelmscott Press Company published a line of graphic design books that helped separate graphic design into its own industry apart from fine art. Art Nouveau became the predominant style of design pioneered by William Morris, owner of Kelmscott Press, ushering in the twentieth century. The term graphic design has been attributed to two different individuals, William Addison Dwiggins, an American book designer and Richard Guyatt, a British designer and academic. Wherever the term first was coin ed, it has become an industry that is applied in just about every organization and society today. After World War II, America saw huge growth in the graphi c design industry as an expanding economy brought with it advertising opportunities and packaging des ign needs. From the 1930s until 1996, Paul Rand was an influential designer on American graphic design, creating the subcategory of design called corporate identity. Graphic design today is a thriving industry that meets an indispensible need in todays visually driven world. To learn more about graphic design and the various printing options available for your projects, please visit http://www.ambientgraphics.net/.

Introduction In 1922, book designer William Addison Dwiggins coined the term Graphic Designer . A Graphic Designer is someone who brings together the various elements of a page (words, pictures, colours) to form a visually attractive page.

Prehistory
Image 2: Cuneiform tablet, c. 2100 B.C. This clay tablet lists expenditures of grain and animals. Image 3: These Egyptian hieroglyphs illustrate the rebus principle. Words and syllables are represented by pictures of ob ects and by symbols whose names are similar to the word or syllable to be communicated. These hieroglyphs mean bee, leaf, sea, and sun. As rebuses (using the English language) they could also mean belief and season.