1990's

"The Digital Revolution"

Post 11 by Melissa Mackie

By the mid- 1990's, The Transition of graphic design from a drafting-table activity to an onscreen computer activity was virtually complete.

Software for Apple's 1984 Macintosh computer, such as the MacPaint program by computer programmer Bill Atkinson and graphic designer Susan Kare, had a revolutionary human interface.

Tool icons controlled by a mouse or graphics table enabled designers and artists to use computer graphics in an intuitive manner.

The Digital revolution in graphic design was followed quickly by public access to the internet. A whole new area of graphic design activity mushroomed in the mid 1990's when internet commerce became a growing sector of the global economy, causing organisations and businesses to scramble to establish Web sites.

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https://wikis.otis.edu/graphicdesigna/index.php/Historical_Overview_of_1970-present

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1032864/graphic-design/242769/Graphic-design-in-the-20th-century

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