Timelines tagged “design”
4 timelines
- Chair
The chair from the gilded furniture of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty and the Greek klismos through the spread of chair-sitting in China, Windsor and Thonet bentwood chairs, and modernist steel, plywood and plastic designs to ergonomic office seating and the merger of Herman Miller and Knoll in 2021.
- LEGO
Lego's development from a Danish wooden-toy workshop in 1932 to a global construction-toy and entertainment brand by 2025, through brick designs, product lines, business changes, and international expansion.
- Rubik's Cube
The Rubik's Cube from Ernő Rubik's 1974 prototype to speedcubing records in 2025, covering its worldwide launch, solving methods, mathematical analysis, and competitive revival.
- Typography
The design and making of type, from Gutenberg's blackletter of about 1455 through Jenson's roman, Aldine italic, Garamond, Caslon, Bodoni, hot metal, Futura and Helvetica to PostScript, web fonts and variable fonts in 2016.