A Brief History of Graphic Design

A brief history of Graphic design is all about equipping you with the knowledge of design history in order to understand the styles and movements that shaped graphic design as we know it. ► If you are interested in learning graphic design 100% online then join the Facebook Group
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The history of graphic design is what gives you the ability to use the correct style, color, movement and communication in order to communicate clearly the message you are trying to place in the hand or eyes of your audience.
As graphic designers, we are to be masters of clear communication. If we are using style and design technique incorrectly than our messages will become lost in translation. Consider this point…
If you use Alexander Rodchenko’s work as inspiration for your design promoting freedom and diversity than you will be sending the completely wrong message with the style you are using.
If graphic design history Alexander Rodchenko design work in Russia during heavy communist reign. His work promoted the communist movement and was known as Constructivism. When you understand this you will make sure to always use the inspiration your glean from graphic design history correctly.
This will allow you to use your design history accurately and become a more intelligent and informed graphic designer.
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[@GiangNguyen-up1mo]

Hey Ben, the image you used at 13:25 - the part where you mentioned Chinese moveable type - that image is actually Korean. I really enjoy your presentation, as a self-taugh graphic designer this kind of material is so helpful to me. Thank you for the great work!

[@maryladyjustinevillegas3912]

yes my sentiments exactly, I turned it back just to see those familiar hangul letters just to be sure. I enjoyed the lecture nonetheless

[@octopuszdq1423]

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[@danakhayrat9434]

I have a final in a course called "History of Graphic Design" and the final is to make a timeline of the history of graphic design, from cave paintings up till the present. I am watching your video now, but had to comment how thankful I am. Thank youuu for taking the time to film this very informative video. I will send this video to my classmates! ❤️

[@mohammedalosamy1399]

My brother, I cannot express to you how grateful I am for this huge amount of knowledge that you have presented in this video. Continue, my friend, what you are providing is great.

[@luatle3060]

Thank you so much for the great content Ben. I'm actually so glad that I found this video. Totally agree about the learning of the history of graphic design. I always feel like it is one of the most crucial fundamentals of being a great graphic designer. You have to understand what you are doing & saying. Again thank you for making such a great video!

[@Ginnytonny]

Thank you for uploading this! I am teaching myself and free resources like this make me feel like I'm actually in design school! You are so wholesome and easy to learn from too!

[@g0gool_]

Very helpful. I live in Switzerland and didn't knew how much impact the designers from this country had. Will help me a lot for my future career

[@bluecherry-hart4786]

Thank you for video! I am newly studying graphic design at TAFE (Australian term for vocational colleges) and have found it to be quite helpful and enjoyable to watch.

[@philsebestian4635]

😱😲👏👏👏👏Hallelujah! You are a true legend in the design community. Never thought someone would be kind enough to dedicate this much time and effort into creating such great value. Hope bigger creators consider giving this some shine. This was kind of astonishing for me since I visited your channel after a long time. The numbers will catch up Mr. Kaiser.🙏

[@BenGKaiser]

Hey Phil! Good to see you on the channel. I am stoked you appreciated the effort it took to put together this video. It was definitely a lot of thought and planning. Thanks for the encouragement.

[@emilysmyth6921]

Thanks for this overview! Just starting out my journey into graphic design and this was a nice little dip into the history of it all.

[@samsara_bags_box]

I really needed this. Very insightful and informative!!! Great work.

[@BIOLOGIA2013]

* The quote “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” its from Isaac Newton (not Thomas Edison)

[@CristinaDias7]

No, actually is a bit older, medieval. Commonly Bernard of Chartres. But is a bit more complicated: you can Google it.

[@Meimoons]

Thank you for this presentation. As a university graduate, I missed the chance to explore graphic design and get a degree in it and even though this is a brief session on graphic design history, it takes me back when I hear a well thought out presentation.

[@jieun6050]

hey, really appreciate this video:) just one thing I want to mention is where you're explaining about Typography around 00:14:00, the example is Korean not Chinese. It's Hangeul that's our own alphabet invented by King Sejong.

[@primaonice1886]

Thank you, please make more videos about design history or approach, it would help many graphic design students.

[@naviski5061]

thank you so much for sharing that precious knowledge for free ! i'm about to start graphic design studies and this presentation + your tech advices help me so MUCH 💜 ps : i just wanted to correct something in the quote u talked about earlier in the presentation : "I see further only because I stand on the shoulders of giants" is actually from Isaac Newton from 1675 📖 voila!

[@aleledesma4088]

Thanks for this!! I am changing career to graphic design and learning his story has been fascinating to me! Thanks a lot for this!

[@lauravsthepage]

Really loved this video. I am about to go down a research rabbit hole to learn more about the movements and designers you introduced here. I didnt go to art school when I was young because I bought into the belief that I would regret going for the rest of my life. Now I am in my late 20s and there is nothing about my teens I regret more than not choosing art school, go figures 🤷

[@jeanbiteznik5596]

Its never too late 😅

[@Nishi-Tiwari]

thanks man for this video I developed immense love for graphic design in lockdown period I was looking for something like this. Kudos! love from india🙏

[@mufaddalzuhairsharafali4291]

Great video, taking notes worthy excellent timeline got the type book also thanks a lot buddy

[@lastgrasp4187]

Your intro was on point. I needed this.

[@cathyartx]

This is a great video. I am a graphic design teacher who is an artist that never went to school for Graphic Design.I found this so helpful!!

[@BenGKaiser]

So stoked you found this so helpful.

[@xxzxxzxxzx]

Extremely helpful for an insight on design history which has always confused me, thankyou!

[@BenGKaiser]

So stoked you found this brief history helpful!

[@HYDROPHILPLAYS]

Thank you so much my friend. This helped me a lot preparing for my final exams! :)

[@juliansantos6466]

Hey man, quick question. could I use bits of your videos/lesson for my class. I teach a graphic design course and due to the whole quarantine in NYC all schools are closed. I will love to teach the history of Graphic design since my kids don't have access to Adobe programs at home. Thank you very much.

[@BenGKaiser]

Yes, feel free to do so.

[@carlosssandovallucas9326]

Tanks for the wonderful teaching I loved

[@WhereIsMyLipstick]

Really instructive video, thank you!

[@user-cj7oy6zm7l]

Massive work done here... BRAVO 👏🏿

[@alilichesoumia2821]

Thank you for this informative video still useful until 2023 simply because you gived us a valuable information.

[@maxinechoo390]

Thank you so much for this video! I can now teach my students the brief history of graphic design without boring them (yes!)

[@BenGKaiser]

So stoked! What class are you teaching?

[@richardmellor284]

Oh man! Amazing! Much appreciate! :-)

[@yaszticus]

Great video. Thank you for the upload.

[@BenGKaiser]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@anroburger7689]

20 second static image intro?? Now that's great design

[@pegi7097]

very helpful and organized. thanks a lot

[@vivekgolakiya1782]

thank you so much man , really really worthy to watch.

[@BenGKaiser]

So stoked you liked the video!

[@lidargibli8103]

Highly informative. Thank you!

[@BenGKaiser]

You're most welcome. Thanksfor the comment.

[@anunpoppedcorn]

This was amazing. Thank you so much!!!

[@lostintravel14]

Please make more Graphic design videos.. 👍🏻

[@danielecanu4615]

Thank you beng for your video, I really needed something like this

[@sohamdas9724]

Very well organized and informative .. Thanks 🤘 I see what you did there with the look of yours, compared to your other videos .. Cool.. Like Helvetica to Garamond .. Haha 😀

[@BenGKaiser]

Thanks for the support and you kind words. Glad you noticed the subtle font usage in the thumbnail as well. :)

[@sadaff2206]

Thank you, you educate me🙏🌱

[@milarosenrot]

great video thank you so much!!

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Iove your channel keep going Wich one is better for editing and motion graphics gtx 1070 or rtx 2060 Im confusing ? Wich one should buy ?

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thank you so much for this ❤️✨ really REALLY helpful and so insightful

[@michaelrmarchal9678]

Hard to find this scroll of William Leavenworth, I love them. Where did you get this image. Thanks

[@philomena3572]

Hi, thanks for the video! 🙏 Just started Meggs' history of graphic design and getting this overview first will definitely help me get through the book. Question: What is the brand of the cup you are sipping from in the beginning of the video?

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Bro you looked tired, and I don't blame you😅 this has helped me a lot thanks👍

[@uartmarina]

great work, thank you

[@JaegwangLee]

13:24 by the way this isn't Chinese. This image is a metal type made by middle age Koreans.

[@kajuij]

thank you for this!

[@md.wasimkhan4034]

Very helpful brother, May God bless uh

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Great informational 👍

[@happyfablesart]

Im looking into a career as a graphic designer. Im trying to learn with out a degree or to start a degree some day. Right mow im learning and learning a lot

[@kyto5125]

This is what I’ve been looking for! Thank you!!!

[@BenGKaiser]

I am so stoked this video met your needs! Thanks for the comment. What did you like most about the Brief walkthrough?

[@amansokhiya4521]

Thank you so much Ben, for sharing that much of Design History and Knowledge , I really need to know the roots of design for my study and practice.

[@BenGKaiser]

So stoked you found this so helpful!

[@amansokhiya4521]

@@BenGKaiser is there any platform where I can see your design works ??

[@TheEskimosPantry]

Great video, I enjoyed it and it was worth the effort you put in. I'm surprised it doesn't have more views I will be sharing. Btw,the "shoulders of giants" quote was by Isaac Newton, a bone fide genius.

[@BenGKaiser]

Thanks for the support and encouragement! I am so stoked you enjoyed the video! Newton, eh? Got it!

[@ldc3461]

At 36:50 "The Swimmer," by Italian artist Giulio d'Anna belongs to the Futurism art movement and not Cubism. Thanks for putting so much time into this but its fundamental that you review the video for mistakes.

[@designer_ghass2623]

Thank you For this useful Vedio I was Looking For a vedio Like thIS and I found it thank you

[@lohitdesign640]

Really appreciate your talk on topic Thanks you I have a question which are only 3 front you use for a year ?

[@BenGKaiser]

I am so glad you like the video! I used Droid Serif, Myriad Pro, and Oswald.

[@Bright-It]

@@BenGKaiser Front?

[@getstarted7168]

Nice vid and presentation!

[@make5284]

I'm trying to learn for the entrance exams of a graphic design high school. This helped a lot! Thanks!

[@BenGKaiser]

So glad this helped! Cheers, Ben.

[@kokupedia]

did you get into the school?!

[@supriyadola4620]

Thanks for this information.

[@triton3839]

Thank you so muach for video, this will help me for the interview ^^

[@BenGKaiser]

So stoked this helped you out! What are you interviewing for?

[@triton3839]

@@BenGKaiser fine arts university graphic design department! 😊

[@mufaddalzuhairsharafali4291]

very surprised to see "dislikes" on such an amazing video... strange !

[@goldenraisins]

Do you have a list of recommended reading?

[@goodmoodfirst]

Your walkthrough is wonderful. Thank you!

[@AmanSingh-ur6qo]

Thanks man!!

[@What___ever]

Thank you for the video ❤️ it really helped me alot ❣️

[@BenGKaiser]

Hey! Thanks for the comment. I am so glad you found the video helpful.

[@scottbenoit7257]

👏 great job excellent

[@SasapessoS]

Thanks for the great content! I forgot to drink my tea

[@seized-timbres]

thanks mate

[@fivos1993]

Trying to prepare for a bachelor's entrance exam and this is really helpful! Thanks!

[@BenGKaiser]

So stoked you found this so helpful!

[@maeee3820]

Farenhight me too right now

[@narutodz34]

please can i use the photo resources without copyright or you have one, like tsai lun, adison dwiggns ( historical personality) on my youtube channel

[@rvm2622]

BK Thanks! (Spasibo BK!) Спаибо БК!

[@BenGKaiser]

You are most welcome!

[@abderrezaksaki4024]

hey mr ben thank u for sharing this with us , and I have just one question , do I really need to read and know about the history of design . cuz I see that it is just to get a background of design no more .

[@BenGKaiser]

It is up to you how deep of knowledge of your industry you would like. There are many great designers that don't know the histroy, I for one, like to know where my craft came from.

[@abderrezaksaki4024]

thank u s m , last question pls , do I NEED TO BE GENERAL DESIGNER OR Expert DESIGNER , LIKE I HAVE TO FOCUS IN ONE THING LIKE LOGO DESIGN OR FLYERS OR BOOK COVERS.

[@fatmah9450]

thank u so much

[@hetnaikoza5171]

Amazing Video

[@user-ic3oz7qt2u]

Is there video on How to work with these

[@user-nm8ox6tj4x]

Great video, I just want to make one correction that I haven't seen others mention. When you said the German Bauhaus designers were kicked out of Germany, you switched from saying Nazis to Communist. The Nazis were not communist, they were fighting the communists in Russia and they jailed and deported socialists and communists, of which many Bauhaus members were (which is why they were persecuted).

[@joygibelin282]

Amazing.

[@abdulazizaljasim491]

Thank you.

[@BenGKaiser]

You're welcome!

[@lastgrasp4187]

Is this mentorship still available?

[@nadialevina7667]

when you're Russian and see a poster from the USSR, this style is so familiar Thanks so much for this video)

[@bec947]

Thank you I found this interesting as a new student of Graphic Design. I did find it a bit frustrating however that there wasn't a lot of mention of female influences! (Barr the obvious Paula Scher)

[@kelsian_smith03]

I’m a female Photography/Graphic Design student who’s in my final year of A Levels in the UK and I’ve searched for female graphic artists from the 30s-80s and I’ve now and then seen them in those decades. I’ve studied and produced similar artwork that male photographers/graphic designers have made such as David Carson, Ed Fairburn, Shepard Fairey, Javier Marro, Wes Browne and Dan Mountford. The female photographers/graphic designers that I’ve studied and produced similar artwork to are Hollie Chastain and Susan Stone.

[@joaninhad.c.4139]

Thank you for the great video ever. It really helped me a lot!

[@BenGKaiser]

Thanks for the comment! So glad you liked the video.

[@weltubergang356]

great video

[@janekrause9135]

Enjoyed

[@jaylawilson251]

Love this

[@alanhansmannkurtcobain8811]

Nice.

[@hopezhang8278]

Thank you. This is very helpful. Also, I think 13:31 is Korean instead of Chinese.

[@BenGKaiser]

Yes, that was my mistake. Thank you.

[@kristinadivine9013]

Heyyy a quick question I’m a student can you tell me what is the summary of the history of graphic design? I hope you can answer this... THANK YOUU

[@hafizkarimi8967]

I wish you had included the significance of the Islamic design, the mosque architecture and the symmetric structure and shapes they used which revolutionized style of design.

[@denolaj]

I think the actual language of the “chinese” moveable type at 13:50 is Korean (Hangul) rather than Chinese. I recognize some shapes from when I was there last summer. Just FYI should you use this powerpoint/keynote again. Now I’ll keep watching this interesting summary. :)

[@BenGKaiser]

Yes, that was a mistake that has caught many eyes... thanks for the comment. I will definitely update the slide for the next time.

[@thekmhful]

@@BenGKaiser Is there a next time? Did you create an updated version? If not, you may want to research the pronunciation of many names. In addition, when you briefly mention other artists in a list, even a small image of their work would help visual learners get more out of it.

[@androandro7179]

Have you started the GD class you announced?

[@BenGKaiser]

I have decided not to start the class. Please forgive me for any confusion this may have caused.

[@danielbrandt5238]

Hi, really like the video, but the first cave paintings are from around 30.000 - 20.000 BC

[@evelynstory2024]

Awesome video! thank you! one question: The "typography" picture of individual moving letter blocks, why is it korean? I thought its originated from China

[@BenGKaiser]

That was my mistake. Good catch.

[@nechyimccaskill5578]

Thank you so much school is teaching me none of this

[@AmilaNirmalPerera]

Thank you so much for this. ❤️

[@BenGKaiser]

So glad you found this so helpful!

[@joelbernauer4023]

Hey, Great video Ben. I used this for a school research project it was very helpful, thank you. I really enjoy your emphasis on the importance of understanding the history, it gave me some insight. Also i would like to know what you think about the psychedelic movement in the 60's? thanks again.

[@BenGKaiser]

Honestly, I think the psychedelic movement fits more into the art movement. There were a great deal of music album covers, but the design was mostly layout, not the art aspects.

[@ryamizardaditama_dkvc552]

Nice

[@crowe]

Absolutely loving that brown toilet roll.

[@KimStevecom]

Just a simple correction. time 13:23. The example shown is Korean, not Chinese. Thanks. Sorry, someone already mentioned it. Thanks for sharing anyway :)