Talk:History of graphic design

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Ordering of information?
So I really like this article. There is a wealth of good information that is well illustrated. Bravo to whomever did this!

I do have one minor quibble though, in my reading, it seemed a bit awkward for an article entitled "History of Graphic Design" to be jumping around chronologically. This articles seems to be arranged in more of a topical order, instead of a chronological order. The jump from "Pioneers of modern graphics and industrial design" to "Ancient Reliefs" was particularly jarring.

Maybe all the article needs is some indenting of the galleries to better re-inforce to the reader that there are topical boundaries that should be mentally heeded? I'm really unsure what kind of editing would work best with this article... or I would do it. Anyways, that's my 2¢. Azoreg (talk) 15:29, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

I agree. This is a great start! On the point of this discussion, while history can be "read" a lot of different ways, and I support the idea at work in the article (the different threads or themes in GD history), we should assume that this article will be read by people unfamiliar with the various movements. There is no way that the average reader will be able to make sense out of the various movements, or understand a historical thread as the article is currently constructed. UnkleFester (talk) 07:50, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * :: Thank you very much for your comments. Unfortunately writing this article was almost a nightmare. I wrote a first draft of the article in fa.wiki, and then expanded it here. My idea was that the history of graphic design should only be represented with graphic and a minimum use of words. An idea that was immediately was confronted by a strong opposition by some admins. Unfortunately, because of the real and/or perceived copyright issues various segments were constantly deleted. You can check my user page and see how many warnings I received for this article. Sometimes some over zealot young editors objected to a whole section and deleted it completely, and so on and so forth. Finally, I became totally exhausted and abandoned its completion. Even now I see a label that says the article is heavy in use of copyrighted materials which is usually a harbinger of more sections to be considered for deletion. --Artaxerex (talk) 20:24, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

There is no chronological ordering of information here; it's simply not a history. It's a survey of various graphic design styles and techniques across history and cultures, but for it to be a history of graphic design it needs to have the actual history part. Mpaniello (talk) 00:47, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

How do we get it that a poster for a rock concert with Jefferson Airplane, Muddy Waters, Butterfield Blues Band, et al. is dated 1937?
Okay, now everybody pummel me to death with rebukes for not citing any sources that say that rock music, the Jefferson Airplane, Muddy Waters, and the Butterfield Blues Band didn't exist in 1937. Everybody knows they DID exist in 1937 -- because everybody reads Wikipedia. I thought at first that maybe "1937" meant something other than a year, but no, the poster is in a row with art of the 1930s.64.131.188.67 (talk) 10:56, 31 July 2009 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson
 * Good catch! -Andrew c [talk] 20:21, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

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Why is there no chronological structure to this article? It's not how histories are written. It jumps from Mondrian to African art to heraldry. All of them fascinating topics to be sure, but a history of graphic design this ain't. Mpaniello (talk) 00:44, 30 April 2019 (UTC)