Final Research Timeline 38,000 BCE Cave paintings was the first type of art that influenced graphic design whether it was animals, humans, handprints and more. The invention of cave paintings revolutionized the way people communicated with visuals. 3300-3000 BCE The Sumerian written language influenced graphic design by giving symbols to our alphabet in a visual media. Because of the Sumerian written language, we basically had logos for our alphabet that helped visualize our words and letters. 200 CE-1040 CE The advancements in Chinese printing is credited for printing discoveries and technically made the first printing press. I feel like this invention really made the way into graphic design by introducing paper and printing. 700s Medieval Calligraphy is credited for bringing artistic values to typography setting it apart from others. I feel this invention had revolutionized graphic design with the way it adds a visual to its wording. 1100s European heraldry is credited for bringing symbols and logos to represent specific things and reflected authenticity. I feel this invention revolutionized the way humans see symbols and logos as it represents something like in flags. 1389 With the invention of storefront signage, it is credited for representing companies with logos. I feel this invention truly revolutionized the way we see companies with their symbols and with signs and know what type of product they would sell. 1439 Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press is credited for bring movable type to Europe and providing mass communication to Western civilization. I feel this invention revolutionized mass communication and more commercial ways of design. Late 1400s The invention of logos is credited for branding and a way to show printing. I feel this invention revolutionized the way we see things such as companies with famous symbolling. 1620s The invention of the first print advertisements were credited for being the precursor of newspapers. I feel this invention had helped revolutionized how people could see ads with images. 1796 The invention of lithography is credited for its printing method from using a flat surface. I feel this invention is significant to graphic design and technology for its way of bringing printing flat things and bringing them to life. 1837 The invention of chromolithography is credited for bringing color to design and printing. Bringing in new ways to print and advertise, I feel this invention revolutionized the way we see graphic design today. 1903 The Wiener Werkstätte is credited for being the first graphic design agency and gave jobs to artists. I feel this invention is crucial to people who want careers in graphic design and revolutionized how often we see design. 1919 With the founding of “Bauhaus,” the modernist style became effective and popular. I feel this invention has revolutionized the modernist style and making perfect works from existing art. 1922 With the phrase “Graphic Design” first appearing, it is credited for being the phrase to describe visuals in design. I feel this invention is revolutionary because it gave this type of art a new meaning. 1925 The invention of Art Deco in Paris is credited for bring class, style, elegant art into design. I feel this invention has helped shape graphic design by bringing different uses of the art like fashion. 1932 The invention of the font Times New Roman is credited for its go-to font style for professional projects and bringing a new image to fonts. I feel this invention is important for its professionalism and style that attracts readers into the font method. 1947 With Paul Rand’s invention of the book “Thoughts on Design,” it is credited for leading graphic design into what we know of it today. I feel this invention has helped with graphic design and identified the art and influenced the future. 1950s The invention of Swiss Design is credited for developing a modernist style and a unique structure to its design. I feel like this invention is significant because it is essential to know for UI and graphic design. 1950s and 1960s The invention of pop art is credited for bringing pop culture into art & design with its comic strip style. I feel like this invention has revolutionized the way we see not only graphic design but pop culture as this style highlights colors and emotions and is used for movies, ads, and more. 1970s The invention of postmodernism art is credited for complexity and suspicious art with a devious meaning. I feel that this invention is significant due to its freedom of speech and going against typical stereotypes in art. 1984 The invention of Apple’s Macintosh is credited for inviting customers into becoming creators digitally. I feel the invention is revolutionary because of how it created a different and more expansive way to graphic design. 1990 The invention of Photoshop is credited for making graphic design tools accessible to any consumer. I feel the invention is very significant because photoshop is an important way for graphic designers to do their work. 1991 The invention of the world wide web is credited for creating a global access to companies and people around the world. I feel this invention is truly important for graphic design because of how easy it is to access and mass communication all in one space. 2000s The invention of social media is credited for bringing a global audience to companies. I feel this invention is significant to graphic design and technology by creating new applications and websites for people to communicate and new places where design is important (like a site’s layout). 2010s-Current With social media in full power, it is credited for building a new platform for designers to share their work with consumers. I feel the invention of social media and the power of it is truly revolutionary to graphic design as everything is a visual media and can attract audiences to something.
