Lascaux Caves, Southern France 15000 - 10000
BCE
Blau Monument 3600
Invention of paper 105
0
CE
Movable type 1045
First paper mill in Europe 1276
1400
Gutenburg Printing Press 1447
1400
1500
First type foundry, Claude Garamond 1530
1500
1600
First industrial Revolution 1760
1700
Lithography 1796
1800
Linotype machine 1886 First sans serif used in print 1816
the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace 1851
Morris sets up art-decorating firm 1861
Halftone screen in photo production 1880
Belle Epoch 1890s
1900
1800
1800 Cast-iron printing press
1890 Art Nouveau
1860 Arts and Crafts 1884 Flexible FIlm
1896 Motion Picture
Great Depression 1929
I Want You for the U.S, Army poster 1917 Modernism 1910
Print Magazine 1940
New Typography 1930
Constructivism and Bauhaus 1920s
London Underground Map, Harry Beck 1931
Photoshop 1990
Vietnam War 1955-75 Helvetica and color television 1951
Pop Art 1960s
Emigre 1984
2000
1900
1916 Dada and De Stijl 1919 Bauhaus est.
1900 Cubism 1914-18 WWI
1928 Gill Sans
1940 New York School /Ab Ex
1932 Times New Roman
1939-45 WWII
1950s International Style 1956 IMB logo, Paul Rand
1969 First computer mouse
1984 First Mac released 1985 MTV logo 1995 Internet