This document provides a timeline of important developments in graphic design from 15,000 BC to present day. It begins with the earliest known visual communications using pictographs and symbols in the Lascaux Caves in France. Key events and innovators mentioned include the introduction of printing to Europe in 1276, the first use of movable type in 1460, the opening of the first type foundry in 1530, the industrial revolution in 1760, the development of halftone screens allowing photos to be printed in 1880, the beginning of corporate branding in 1910, the invention of the computer mouse in 1969, the release of the first Macintosh computer in 1984, and the release of the first version of Photoshop in 1990.