A brief history of graphic design

  • Lola De Coster

This project is a personal exploration into the history of graphic design. Wanting to know more about visual communication and graphic design, I decided to start my research at the base of human history to see how it affected today’s western graphic and communication design. My goal was also to practice my own design, typography and illustration skills while exploring its evolution in the process. Each page spread is my summary of specific period with the relevant template. This booklet can provide a brief illustrated summary of both language and graphic design history from the Prehistories until the industrial revolution. I used Megg’s History of Graphic Design for this project.