LibGuides: Graphic Communications and Printing Technology: DVDs + Streaming Video

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1455: Gutenberg’s Print Revolution
Trace how Johannes Gutenberg's introduction of a press with movable type sparked a print revolution, becoming a key factor in the Protestant Reformation, the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution, and the standardization of vernacular languages.
6 Tips for Graphic Design Sizzle
Information-packed video that shows how to use the "six tips plan" to graphic design.
Advertising Layout, Part I: Space Allocations
Suggests the proper space allocation for the illustration, headline, copy and logo.
Advertising Layout Part II: Visual Direction
Discusses how graphic designers direct attention within an ad by using the layout techniques of "diagonal", "standard", "C", "Z", "overlapping", and "spatial progression."
Benjamin Franklin: Printer and Postmaster
Delve into Franklin's career as a printer.
Braille Publisher
How a Braille Publisher makes Braille books.
Design Canada: The History of Graphic Design in Canada
2 videos.
Getting Graphic and Seeing the Data
Explore the wealth of graphical tools available today..
Helvetica: Typography, Graphic Design & Global Visual Culture
Looks at the proliferation of one typeface as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.
Newspaper Advertising
Covers the various formats of newspaper advertising such as display, classified, and classified display.
Paper and Printing
Episode 9 of Understanding the Inventions That Changed the World.
Serigraphy: A Medium for Artists
Introduces serigraphy (screen printing) and demonstrates some of the techniques.
Writing and Civilization: From Ancient Worlds to Modernity (series)
24 episodes.

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Harvest of Wisdom: The Story of Graphic Communications (2004)
Presents the history of human efforts to communicate, from cave paintings to the printing press to satellite communications.