Graphic Design History Resources
ARTICLE SUMMARY: To be a graphic designer you need to be able to think about things differently,...
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Category: History
Who Named the Kindle (and Why)?
ARTICLE SUMMARY: It’s always good to look back at stuff and see how things came about....
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The Art of design: History, Evolution and Everyday examples
ARICLE SUMMARY: Design has a long and rich history dateing back to the Stone Age. Whether...
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100 years ago, Henry Ford proposed ‘energy currency’ to replace gold
ARTICLE SUMMARY: The Irish statesman Edmund Burke is often misquoted as having said, “Those who...
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700 Years of Dante’s Divine Comedy in Art
ARTICLE SUMMARY: A man wakes deep in the woods, halfway through life. Far from home, unpermitted...
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Why are hyperlinks blue?
ARTICLE SUMMARY: There are a lot of questions in design that go unanswered, you can’t know...
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When Design Was An Offshoot Of Printing
ARTICLE SUMMARY: History is always good for taking a look back once in a while to see where you...
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The CIA Has Always Understood the Power of Graphic Design
ARTICLE SUMMARY: There is no question that Graphic Design can exert a certain amount of influence...
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Want to Understand the Power of Design? Look Past the Numbers
ARTICLE SUMMARY: Surveys are nothing more than a snapshot, good for that moment you fill out the...
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A Natural History of the Artist’s Palette
ARTICLE SUMMARY: When it comes to art it has taken centuries to figure out what the primary colors...
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Words and phrases in common use which originated in the field of typography
ARTICLE SUMMARY: There are a lot of phrases that we have used over the years that most people do...
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“More Lively Counterfaits”
ARTICLE SUMMARY: “More Lively Counterfaits” by Gregorio Astengo is a look into the dawn of design...
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