Module 10

In this module we learned about postmodern design and the origin of the digital revolution and the effects that they had on Graphic Design. There have been several advances by the same section of people that have greatly enhanced the lives and power of the individual artist and graphic designer in this digital age.

One of the companies that had the greatest impact was Adobe Systems. They invented PostScript, which was a page description language; a computer language that allowed for the printing of a bitmap image. After this language had been invented, Steve Jobs of Apple, asked them to adapt the language to be included in the Macintosh and to power their laserjet printer, the Apple laser-writer.

Macintosh

Laser-writer

In 1986 Adobe released yet another innovation that supported graphic design, the program, Adobe Illustrator. It allowed users to create postscript graphics changing line art and drawing forever.

A year later Adobe licensed Photoshop, a photo manipulation program developed by Thomas Knoll and with it's release on the Macintosh, digital photo manipulation was brought to the masses.