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3300 BCE
Sumerian Written Language
The earliest of written language were logographic and used icons and symbols to create a coherent message/ -
Period: 3300 BCE to
History of Graphic Design
Information Deprived from "A brief history of graphic design" by Matt Ellis -
700 BCE
Medieval Calligraphy
People didn't have a printer or computers to copy down text and messages and rather had to copy books, essays and texts by hand. -
1439
Invention of the Gutenberg Press
This revolutionary invention made spreading literature and advertisements much easier for the world. -
First print advertisements
These advertisements helped the businesses or people spreed the word of their trade or the help they needed, giving people a new, easier way to communicate. -
Chromolithography
Technology always advances and gives society new and exiting ways to express or communicate, such as Chromolithography, the ability to print in color. -
The Wiener Werkstätte (first graphic design agency)
Meaning "Vienna workshop," The Wiener Werkstätte was the first organization made up of visual artists (ie: painters, architects, and early graphic designers) to create visual designs. -
The term "Graphic Design" first appears
In William Addison Dwiggins' article "New Kind of Printing Calls for New Design” used the term "graphic design" to describe this new design method.