| The very first written word of mankind was the | | | | Mondrian whose innovation has greatly influenced |
| beginning of Graphic Design! And its native land | | | | today's modern graphic designer. Though he was |
| was none other then ancient caves and caverns! | | | | not a graphic designer, his uses of grids was the |
| The very first symbol they had sketched through | | | | origin of modern day advertisement known as |
| cave drawings, paintings, markings on boulders, | | | | the grid system; widely used by graphic designer |
| bone, and ivory are the foremost indication and | | | | of our century today. |
| evidence where graphic design was born, nursed, | | | | With the decadence of classical style, modern |
| nourished and grown! Nevertheless, the term | | | | graphic design engrossed in the early 20th century |
| Graphic Design was named by William Addison | | | | with designs influenced by fine arts. The |
| Dwiggins in the early 20th Century. | | | | trademark of early modern fonts is the sans-serif |
| Anthropologists studying prehistoric periods on | | | | typeface. In 1928, the book "New Typography" |
| cave paintings leads us earlier than the Upper | | | | written by Jan Tschichold systemized the |
| Paleolithic period from 40,000 - 10,000 B.C., where | | | | philosophy of modern typography. |
| our ancestors were learning how to design signs | | | | Furthermore, the fathers of modern graphic |
| and symbols that could be communicated visually; | | | | design are still considered to be typographers |
| moreover they were successful on leaving their | | | | such as Herbert Bayer, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and El |
| marks. The pioneers of graphic design are non | | | | Lissitzky as they broke new ground on |
| other then our own ancestors, who had lived in | | | | typography building techniques and stylizing. |
| the caves and sketched their drawing on rocks. | | | | Modern computer technology has changed |
| History of graphics design roots to our own | | | | typography production altogether, but for the |
| ancestors of ancient era where civilization was | | | | experimental and evolutionary approach their |
| cultured in caves, and left their drawings and | | | | contribution was highly recognizable. |
| sketches for us on their canvas of cave walls and | | | | The booming and flourishing period for graphic |
| ceilings. | | | | design was after World War II; as the American |
| The earliest drawings known today are from | | | | economy thrived, the demand of graphic design, |
| 6,000 years ago, are that of carved stone and | | | | particularly on advertisement and packaging |
| pottery containers. Drawings contained in Egyptian | | | | sectors blossomed. |
| pyramids with signs, symbols and letters are | | | | I Love NY ad campaign (1973) and a famous Bob |
| known to all and it leads us back 5000 years. | | | | Dylan poster (1968) designed by Milton Glaser are |
| Furthermore, from 600-250 BC evolution on | | | | examples of applied graphic design culture and its |
| geometrical shape and structures in Europe played | | | | influence. Progressions in graphic design in the |
| a major role for the development of designing | | | | early 20th Century were mostly enthused by |
| and sketching. As an applied art of arranging | | | | technological expansion in printing and also in |
| images and text for an attempt of visual | | | | photography. But at the mid of this century, the |
| communication; the hand written copy of the | | | | raising of the computer era in graphic design has |
| Christian Bible "The Book of Kells", created by | | | | faced little backwards as early computers were |
| Irish monks in 9th century AD with rich | | | | far weaker and computer memory was limited. |
| illustrations is a good example of the evolution of | | | | However, within the end of this century with the |
| graphic design. | | | | immense development of computers and its |
| Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg, a | | | | corresponding technologies, modern graphic design |
| German metal-worker and an inventor, introduced | | | | has evolved into a business that is done almost |
| a printing technology allowing the re-use of | | | | entirely on computers. |
| individual letters. The first book produced by | | | | In mid 1980, the arrival of desktop publishing and |
| Gutenberg press was "The Incunabula". This book | | | | the launching of software applications like |
| became the standard in the history of book | | | | Illustrator and PageMaker introduced an era of |
| printing and publishing and was a giant leap for | | | | designers to computer image manipulation and 3D |
| printing and publication; though, block stamping on | | | | image creation. Computer graphic design facilitates |
| sheets of paper with text and signs carved, was | | | | instantaneous effects of layout or typography |
| in use in Europe and Asia long before 14th | | | | changes. |
| century; however, Graphic design of this era was | | | | Today, graphic design the visual communication, is |
| formatting and we today have named it Old Style | | | | yielded in the rich soil of computer ground, |
| graphic design. | | | | fertilized with latest hardware and software |
| Guttenberg era of graphic design evolution was | | | | technologies. Graphic designers worldwide plough |
| sluggish, until the 19th century, in Britain the | | | | through computers loaded with the latest gadgets |
| division created between fine art and applied art | | | | and gizmos, software and hardware, academic |
| boosted this evolution, and they successfully | | | | and technology, information and communication, |
| published some of the most major graphic design | | | | and are generating the new history of graphic |
| products through the Arts movement. William | | | | design in their design laboratories. |
| Morris made a great deal of business of publishing | | | | With express elevation of the hi-tech industry, the |
| books with stylish printings and contributed a | | | | future assures more and today's designer are |
| significant role to attract the potential market as | | | | contributing their name and effort through their |
| well as commercializing graphic design; in addition | | | | creativity for the next generation. History yet has |
| he was the pioneer for the separation of | | | | to write all of her pages for new innovation and |
| commercial design and fine arts. | | | | invention in this field. |
| Another painter from the19th century was Piet | | | | |