History

About: Graphic Design: History - View condensed timelines spanning tens of thousands of years, from the first known visual communication to the computer age of today.
graphicdesign.about.com/od/history/History.htm

April Greiman: Made in Space - Visit the home page of this pioneering woman who helped introduce the computer vernacular to design through experimental mergers of type and image.
www.aprilgreiman.com/

Art of Persuasion - Read a critical analysis of American advertising and design during the early 20th century. View samples.
xroads.virginia.edu/~MA99/piazza/portfolio/adweb/

Article Cat: Graphic Design History - Read a brief account of design history from the caves of Lascaux around 14,000 BC to the post-modern experimentation of David Carson in the 20th century.
www.articlecat.com/Article/Graphic-Design-History/933

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND): The CND Logo - Read an essay about the history behind the peace symbol, designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom.
www.cnduk.org/pages/binfo/logo.html

Colophon Page: The Italian Futurist Book - View an exhibition showcasing Futurism's innovative uses of typography from 1909-1944.
www.colophon.com/gallery/futurism/index.html

Design Archive Online - Review twentieth century magazine design and photography with biographical profiles of designers. A project of the Rochester Institute of Technology, the image archives have limited access.
design.rit.edu/

Design Encyclopedia - Browse a growing index of design contributions and influences from around the world.
www.thedesignencyclopedia.org/

Design History Society - The Society promotes and supports the study of design history. Its activities include the publication of a journal and newsletter, an annual conference, management of a discussion list, grants and prizes for research, and awards for events.
www.designhistorysociety.org/

Docs Populi - View the home page of Lincoln Cushing, Cuban poster artist, with his collections of oppositional visual art, political propaganda, and related writings.
www.docspopuli.org/

Flickr: Photos from Alki1 - View personal image collections from a contributor. Sets of images range from American and Bauhaus to Russian Constructivist and Swiss International design.
www.flickr.com/photos/20745656@N00/sets/

Graphic Design from the 1920s and 1930s in Travel Ephemera - View an international collection of travel brochures, airline and ocean liner time-tables, auto road maps, luggage labels, advertising and publications.
www.travelbrochuregraphics.com/

Moore College of Art & Design: Graphic Design History - View lectures and coursework based on Phillip Meggs' textbooks.
www.designhistory.org/

Museum of Modern Art: Aleksandr Rodchenko - The Museum of Modern Art in New York presents the history and work of one of the leading Russian artists in the period following the Revolution of October 1917.
www.moma.org/exhibitions/1998/rodchenko/

National Academic Mailing List Service: Design History - Text-based forum for design issues, local information, and reviews by the Design History Society in the United Kingdom.
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/design-history.html

National Library of Australia: Follow the Sun - View a collection of 1930s to 1950s Australian travel posters. Browse images by destination, symbol, style, or artist.
www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/sun/

Parkland College: GDS 131 Graphic Design History - Review an online course given by Parkland College's Fine and Applied Arts Department in Champaign, Illinois.
virtual.parkland.edu/gds/131/

P.R. Incorporated: Graphic Design History - Read an account of design history from cave paintings and the first books to the genesis of printing and the design qpplications that extend to the computer age.
www.princorporated.com/art_graphic-design-history.htm

Pushpin Group - Explore the graphic and illustrative work of Seymour Chwast, one of the founding members of the iconic Push Pin Studios in 1954, along with Milton Glaser and Edward Sorel.
www.pushpininc.com/

Remember Those Great Volkswagen Ads? - Profile of book which is a compilation of Volkswagen's press, radio and television campaigns.
www.greatvwads.com/

Salon: Tibor Kalman - The obituary of this innovative designer, best known for the work he created with his New York design firm and his brief editorship of Colors magazine.
www.salon.com/people/obit/1999/05/19/kalman/

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Posters American Style - View major posters from the last century. Learn about their design, printing and historical impact on culture. Includes audio.
americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/posters/

Typotheque: Articles: Design History - Browse a variety of articles from authors such as Ellen Lupton and Steven Heller, collected by this type foundry based in The Hague, the Netherlands.
www.typotheque.com/site/articles.php?topic=8

Unimark International - Read about the formation, success and eventual decline of the design firm founded by Ralph Eckerstrom, former design director for Container Corporation of America, and Massimo Vignelli.
www.unimark-international.com

University of Florida: Graphic Design: Typography - Examine typographic specimens in book designs from the 15th to 20th centuries. From the Rare Book Collection of the Department of Special Collections.
web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/art3283c/index.htm

Website About Corporate Identity - View a catalogue, bibliography and resource list for examples of corporate graphic design. Includes identity guidelines, agencies, and recommended texts.
users.ncrvnet.nl/mstol

Wikipedia: Dada - Read about the history, literature and design characteristics of this anti-art cultural movement that grew from World War II to 1920.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada

Wikipedia: El Lissitzky - Read about the life and works of this Russian avant-gardist who helped develop Suprematism and influenced architecture, literature, art, photography and design.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Lissitzky

Wikipedia: Graphic Design - Read an account of early and modern graphic design history in this encyclopedia article. View sample images.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_design