Graphic Design Time Line : A Century of Design Milestones

This matchless volume is the first to record the milestones of graphic design, from its beginnings as a viable art and craft to its most sophisticated, present-day accomplishments. Two-page spreads are devoted to each year of the century, from 1900 to 2000. Complete with numerous illustrations, this is an ideal desk reference, providing answers to endless historical questions such as when a style or technology was invented, when a designer was born or died, when an influential work was created, when a movement began, and when a school was founded.

Elinor Pettit has been an adjunct assistant professor of graphic design and the graduate communications packaging program at Pratt Institute in New York.