1931 – Gill, Essay on Typography
1931 van Doesburg dies; de stijl journal ends
1931 van Doesburg dies; de stijl journal ends
1933 - Nazis clos Bauhaus, arrest Tschichold
1933 – Hitler becomes German chancellor
1933 nazis raid heartfield's apartment
1933 nazis raid heartfield's apartment
1935 – WPA hires artists for design projects
1935 – Rural Electric Administration
1936 – Jacobson, design director for CCA
1935 – Rural Electric Administration
1936 – Jacobson, design director for CCA
1937 – Picasso, Guernica
1939 sutnar emigrates to U.S.
late 1930s binder, carlu, cassandre, & kauffer to the U.S.
Late 1930s – Bauhaus masters Albers, Bayer, Breuer, Gropius, Mies van der Rohe & Moholy-Nagy emigrate to U.S
1939 sutnar emigrates to U.S.
late 1930s binder, carlu, cassandre, & kauffer to the U.S.
Late 1930s – Bauhaus masters Albers, Bayer, Breuer, Gropius, Mies van der Rohe & Moholy-Nagy emigrate to U.S
1939 – Germany invades Poland; World War II begins
1939 - New York World’s Fair
1940 Goudy, Typologia
1940 – Golden becomes art director of CBS
1939 - New York World’s Fair
1940 Goudy, Typologia
1940 – Golden becomes art director of CBS
1940s: World War II was already underway by the time the 1940s began and it was definitely the big event of the first half of the decade. Plus, the Nazis established death camps in their effort to murder millions of Jews during the Holocaust. When World War II ended, the Cold War began. The 1940s also witnessed the assassination of Gandhi and the beginning of Apartheid.
1940 – Churchill, “Blood, toil, tears, and sweat” speech
1940 – Print magazine, 1st issue
1941 - Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
1940 – Print magazine, 1st issue
1941 - Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
1941 Lissitzky dies
1943 – Mass production of penicillin
1944 – Herdeg, Graphis 1st issue
1944 Mondrian dies
1944 – Herdeg, Graphis 1st issue
1944 Mondrian dies
1945 – United Nations founded
1945 – World War II ends
1945 – United Nations formed
1945 – Olden joins CBS
1946 – Dorfsman joins CBS
1946 – Nuremburg war trials
1947 – Ruder & Hoffman join Basel School of Design faculty
1947 – Marshall Plan
1947 – Tschichold joins Penguin books
1947 – Pintori joins Olivetti
1945 – World War II ends
1945 – United Nations formed
1945 – Olden joins CBS
1946 – Dorfsman joins CBS
1946 – Nuremburg war trials
1947 – Ruder & Hoffman join Basel School of Design faculty
1947 – Marshall Plan
1947 – Tschichold joins Penguin books
1947 – Pintori joins Olivetti
1948 – Gandhi assassinated
1949 – Doyle Dane Bernbach founded
1950 – Korean War begins
1950 – Korean War begins
1950 – First Xerox machine produced
1950 – Alvid Eisenman creates graphic design program at Yale University
1950s – Brodovitch’s editorial design classes inspire a generation
1949 – Doyle Dane Bernbach founded
1950 – Korean War begins
1950 – Korean War begins
1950 – First Xerox machine produced
1950 – Alvid Eisenman creates graphic design program at Yale University
1950s – Brodovitch’s editorial design classes inspire a generation
1950s: The 1950s are sometimes referred to as the Golden Age. Color TV was invented; the polio vaccine was discovered; Disneyland opened; and Elvis gyrated his hips on The Ed Sullivan Show. The Cold War continued as the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union began. The 1950s also saw segregation ruled illegal in the U.S. and the beginning of the Civil Rights movement.
1951 – Color television introduced
1951 – UNIVAC I, 1st mass produced computer
1951 – UNIVAC I, 1st mass produced computer
1952 – de Harak opens New York studio
1952 – Polio vaccine developed
1952 – Eisenhower elected President
1952 – Korean War ends
1952 – Polio vaccine developed
1952 – Eisenhower elected President
1952 – Korean War ends
1954 – Brown vs Board of Education ends school segregation in the U.S.
1954 – Henri Matisse dies
1954 – Senate censures McCarthy
1954 – Matter, New Haven railroad program New York and Hartford
1955 Disneyland opens
1955 – Albert Einstein dies
1954 – Henri Matisse dies
1954 – Senate censures McCarthy
1954 – Matter, New Haven railroad program New York and Hartford
1955 Disneyland opens
1955 – Albert Einstein dies
1956 Trepkowski dies; Tomaszewski leads Polish movement, evolves toward a colorful collage approach
1956 – DNA molecule first photographed
1957 – Soviet satellite Sputnik launches the space age
1957 – Brownjohn, Chermayeff & Geismar formed
1956 – DNA molecule first photographed
1957 – Soviet satellite Sputnik launches the space age
1957 – Brownjohn, Chermayeff & Geismar formed
1958 - Supreme Court orders school desegregation
1958 – European Economic Community becomes effective
1959 – Golden dies
1959 – Castro ousts Batista from Cuba
1959 Twen magazine launched
1959 Rodrigues “Visit Portugal” poster
1958 – European Economic Community becomes effective
1959 – Golden dies
1959 – Castro ousts Batista from Cuba
1959 Twen magazine launched
1959 Rodrigues “Visit Portugal” poster
1959 – Brodovitch retires; Communication Arts, 1st issue
1960 Kennedy elected president
1960 Kennedy elected president
1960s: To many, the 1960s can be summed up as the Vietnam War, hippies, drugs, protests, and rock and roll. (A common joke goes "If you remember the sixties, you weren't there.") Although those were important aspects of this decade, other events occurred as well. For instance, the Berlin Wall was built, the Soviets launched the first man into space, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, the Beatles become popular, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have a Dream" speech.