Designingwithtype.com

by James Craig

Designingwithtype.com is a web site devoted to the art and appreciation of typography. It offers a unique typographic resource for students, educators, and professionals, showcasing talent from around the world. [Ler mais...]

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Timelines

There are many excellent ways of teaching the history of graphic design. One of the better ways, though this is not always possible, is to integrate the history of graphic design with the other arts — painting, literature, music — and with major political and cultural events of the time. The following timelines are from James Craig's book Thirty Centuries of Graphic Design and cover just a few of the highlights between 30,000 BC and 1990 AD, the year book was published.

 
30,000 BC – 1000 BC

1000 BC – 500 AD

500 – 1300

1300 – 1400

1400 – 1500

1500 – 1600

1600 – 1700

1700 – 1800

1800 – 1900

1900 – 1920

1920 – 1940

1940 – 1960

1960 – 1990

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Prehistoric Pictograph

Cuneiform, ca 3100 B.C.

 

Egyptian Hieroglyphics

Early Latin. ca.700 B.C.

Ionic Greek adopted in 403 B.C.

Trajan Inscription A.D. 114

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Items of Interest
The following is an assortment of all things typographic. It will be of interest to anyone who loves typography and is curious about the history of graphic design and the evolution of the printed word. 

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James Craig _Designingwithtype.com

James Craig is responsible for the creation of this Web site as a means of enhancing the study of typography. Mr. Craig, a well-known author of books on graphic design, was born in Montreal, Canada. He studied fine arts in Montreal and Paris before immigrating to the United States. He received his BFA from The Cooper Union and his MFA from Yale University. Now semi-retired, Mr. Craig was the Design Director for Watson-Guptill Publications and is a member of the New York Art Directors Club, Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI), Type Directors Club (TDC), Typophiles, and a past member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). At present he teaches typography and design at The Cooper Union and lectures widely.

Designingwithtype.com é um site dedicado à arte e à apreciação da tipografia. Ele oferece recurso tipográfico singular para estudantes, educadores e profissionais, apresentando o talento pelo mundo.

Criado originalmente por James Craig como um suplemento para seu livro Designing with Type: A Basic Course in Typography especificamente
para seus estudantes da Cooper Union, o site cresceu, passando a incluir contribuições apresentadas por colegas educadores e designers, e com isso envolver um público maior.

Projetos apresenta exercícios tipográficos selecionados do Designing with Type, juntamente com diversos projetos apresentados por alguns dos principais designers do mundo.

Tipos mostra uma seleção de tipos favoritos, fornecida pelos colaboradores dos projetos, assim como projetos acadêmicos de tipos, type foundries, e downloads gratuitos.

Recursos traz resenhas dos livros de James Craig e apresenta um amplo panorama dos mais influentes livros, revistas, organizações, sites e as principais escolas de design do mundo.

Fórum Aberto recebe comentários e oferece artigos, citações, linhas do tempo, e demais itens do interesse de designers gráficos e educadores.

Equipe de Design apresenta os principais responsáveis por este site.