The History of Graphic Design category is for sites pertaining to the notable people, processes and events of the past which have greatly impacted the profession and study of graphic design.
This category may include sites that have examples, analysis, or descriptions of noteworthy printed designs, influential art movements, typography, multimedia, illustration, photography, advertising, commercial art, publishing, and related visual communications.
View a timeline of significant events from the start of the Industrial Revolution in the 1820's to the use of web browsers in the 1990's. www.mkgraphic.com/basic.html
Profile of book which is a compilation of Volkswagen's press, radio and television campaigns, with information on how to purchase it. www.greatvwads.com
View an international collection of historic travel brochures, airline time-tables, ocean liner time-tables, auto road maps, luggage labels, advertising, and graphic design publications from the 1920s and 1930s. www.travelbrochuregraphics.com
View a colorful exhibit of 1930s - 1950s lithographs from the National Library of Australia. Browse images by destination, symbol, style, or artist. www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/sun
View a list of design history archives and resources from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Includes contact info for collections housed in libraries of schools and museums. www.aiga.com/content.cfm?contentalias=lookingcloserarchives
Text-based forum for design issues, local information, and reviews by the Design History Society in the UK. Limited graphic design content. www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/design-history.html
Read an essay about the logo of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, or peace symbol, designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom. www.cnduk.org/INFORM~1/symbol.htm
Review an online course given by Parkland College's Fine & Applied Arts Department in Champaign, Illinois. Survey 12 major graphic styles since 1890. Includes timeline and links to influential designers. virtual.parkland.edu/gds/131
Research the 1934 - 1942 biography of Dr. Leslie of New York City, including the Composing Room, PM and AD magazine archives, the A-D gallery, and video interviews. www.drleslie.com/index.shtml
Learn about the Post World War I German school that influenced design and typography through the ideal of art and technology integration. people.ucsc.edu/~gflores/bauhaus/b1.html
Learn about the history of the sign industry and its contribution to commerce and the American landscape. Read museum news, view online exhibits, and research biographies, related events, book reviews, and sites. Includes topical forum. www.signmuseum.com
See more than 300 posters from 1971 to the present by designers such as J. Müller-Brockmann and Wolfgang Weingart. Maintained by Carnegie Mellon University. swissposters.library.cmu.edu/Swiss/home.html
Read the obituary of this innovative designer, best known for the work he created with his New York design firm, M&Co, and his brief editorship of Colors magazine. www.salon.com/people/obit/1999/05/19/kalman
Read an interview of this past influential designer on the subjects of graphic design critique, design philosophy and design education. www.mkgraphic.com/paulrand00.html
Learn about the firm and its interdisciplinary, internationally known designer who co-founded Pushpin Studios, New York Magazine, and the WBMG publication design firm. See posters, illustration, and other projects. www.miltonglaser.com
Explore the Getty Research Institute site devoted to this modernist Russian typographer, book designer, and architect. Includes chronology, images, and links to related resources. www.getty.edu/research/tools/digital/lissitzky
Visit the page of this pioneering designer who helped introduce the computer vernacular to graphic design through experimental mergers of type and image. Find a link to her projects. www.aprilgreiman.com
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
View a collection of Cuban domestic, cultural, Che, film, and anti-imperialist posters produced since the 1960s. Read interview articles, browse a reading list, and buy prints and postcards. www.cuban-posters.freeservers.com
See the oppositional artwork of Lincoln Cushing, a graphic artist involved in public access to images of peace and justice. Includes links to Cuban poster art and the Inkworks Press archives. www.sims.berkeley.edu/~lcush
The Museum of Modern Art, New York presents the history and work of Aleksandr Rodchenko (1891-1956), one of the leading Russian artists in the period following the Revolution of October 1917. www.moma.org/exhibitions/1998/rodchenko
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