Do you spend hours perfecting the smallest details in every design? Are you always looking for ways to improve existing brands’ websites or marketing materials? Or do you just like making Photoshop collages? Whatever the case, this graphic design trivia quiz will have something for you!
Test your graphic design skill with our graphic design trivia questions and answers. This quiz will challenge you to think inside and outside of the box. You’ll reckon with landscapes, layers, and logos. Only white-space-savvy designers will be able to crack this quiz!
The graphic design quiz considers graphic designers of all skill levels, including those with natural design skills. In addition, you can learn how much you know about the history of graphic design and where it’s headed in the future. Do you have what it takes to become a graphic designer? Find out now.
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What year was Wolff Olins founded?
1962
1965
1989
1976
Which font designer created Thesis?
Matthew Carter
Alan Fletcher
Lucas De Groot
Vincent Connare
In which city was Massimo Vignelli born?
Milan
Barcelona
Paris
Verona
When was the NBC peacock first introduced?
1980
1956
1878
1967
Who designed the 1952 ‘ABC Circle’ logo?
Paul Rand
Saul Bass
Peter Saville
John Alvin
Who wrote Hand Job: A Catalog of Type?
Dalton Maag
Philip B. Meggs
Charles Geschke
Michael Perry
Who designed the Lunchbox font in 2013?
Peter Saville
David Ogilvy
Davie Green
Kimmy Kirkwood
When was QuarkXPress first released?
1978
1989
1987
1967
Microsoft was founded in what year?
1978
1980
1975
1875
Where was Alan Fletcher born?
Italy
Canada
Japan
Kenya
Which font designer created Orion MD?
Saul Bass
Michael Doret
Vincent Connare
Eric Dill
Who wrote ‘Left to Right’?
Saul Bass
John Alvin
John Antonio
David Crow
Who wrote Thinking with Type (2004)?
Silja Bilz
Drew De Soto
William Addison Dwiggins
Ellen Lupton
Which font designer created Bastarda?
Jonathan Barnbrook
Dalton Maag
Peter Saville
Bob Bernstein
Who designed the Jacques and Gilles font?
Hermann Zapf
Emily Conners
Saul Bass
Paul Rand
Who wrote Made You Look?
Drew De Soto
Stephan Sagmeister
Dalton Maag
Charles Geschke
Who designed the Jabana font?
Nils Thomsen
David Ogilvy
Saul Bass
Michael Bierut
Which common font is this an example of?
Harlow Solid Italic
Times New Roman
Lucida Sans Unicode
Verdana
When did Apple introduce the PowerBook?
1992
1991
1990
1995
Which brand’s logo features a pink ‘B’?
Braun
Buick
Barbie
Bubbaloo
Which font designer created Carter Sans?
Melody Carter
Matthew Carter
Sean Carter
James Carter
Who wrote ‘The Art of Looking Sideways’?
Alan Fletcher
Dalton Maag
John J. Graham
Charles Geschke
Who designed the I ♥ NY logo?
Milton Glaser
John Antonio
Saul Bass
Carolyn Davidson
What does this HD stand for?
High Definition
Happy Days
Horrible Dark
Home Depot
Which group created Freehand in 1988?
Quark
Adobe
Altsys Corporation
Macromedia
Whoe wrote ‘Picturing and Poeting’?
Alan Fletcher
Peter Saville
Dalton Maag
Andrew Smith
Who designed the Gmail logo?
Warren Chappell
Dennis Hwang
Walter Landor
Vincent Connare
When did Nike this logo?
1956-1989
1982-1989
1970-1976
1971-1978
Who designed the Tuesnight font?
Ricardo Marcin & Erica Jung
Tom Morgan
Dennis Meen
Paul Rand
In what year was Herbert Bayer born?
1904
1921
1901
1900
When was NeXT founded?
1987
1978
1985
1956
Which font designer designed ITC Galliard?
Matthew Carter
John Alvin
Peter Saville
Harry Beck
In which state was Katherine McCoy born?
Arizona
California
Illinois
Alaska
Which font designer created Comic Sans?
Simon Cowell
John Antonio
Vincent Connare
Milton Glaser
What year was Milton Glaser born?
1929
1937
1990
1931
Who designed the ‘Nokia Sans’ font?
Paul Rand
Scott Baker
Tibor Kalman
Erik Spiekermann
Which font designer created Trebuchet MS?
Susan Kare
Vincent Connare
Charles Geschke
Neville Brody
Which font designer created Lemona?
Paul Rand
Carolyn Davidson
Julián Moncada
Stephen Desroches
In what year did Saul Bass pass away?
1992
1996
1998
1997
What does this CD stand for?
Closed Door
Compact Disc
Color Drain
Choose Diet
Who designed ‘Google’ font Catull?
Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv
Reza Abedini
Matthew Carter
Gustav Jaeger
Who designed the Bouquet font?
Darius Tom
George Miller
Philip B. Meggs
Dzianis Serabrakou
Who designed Thirsty Script Rough?
Callum New
Ryan Martinson
John Alvin
David Ogilvy
When was Icograda founded?
1954
1978
1963
1989
In what year was Windows Vista released?
2007
2009
2000
2004
Who, in 2003, created Project M?
Tom Geismar
John Bielenberg
Alan Fletcher
Carolyn Davidson
When did Quark stop using this logo?
2009
1878
2001
2005
When was Unimark International founded?
1956
1965
1978
1908
How old will AIGA be in 2014?
100
75
50
250
Where was Icograda founded?
Milan
New York City
London
Las Vegas
Who won the AIGA medal in 1920?
Dalton Maag
George Opperman
Philip B. Meggs
Norman T. A. Munder
Who designed the 2014 font Industry Inc?
Stanley Clark Meston
Michael Bierut
Paul Rand
Mattox Shuler
Who created the Coca-Cola logo?
John Alvin
Alan Fletcher
Matthew Carter
Frank Mason Robinson
Who created the original Atari logo?
Bob Bernstein
John Antonio
Tibor Kalman
George Opperman
Which agency redesigned the Skype icons?
Magenta
Hicksdesign
Wolff Olins
Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv
Who designed the Verdana font?
Vincent Connare
Matthew Carter
Ryan Martinson
Tibor Kalman
Where was Adrian Frutiger born?
France
Denmark
Italy
Switzerland
Who wrote ‘Perverse Optimist’?
Tibor Kalman
Brandon Rike
Bob Bernstein
George Cooper
Since when have AIGA medals been awarded?
1980
1930
1920
1940
When did Adobe release PostScript 3?
2001
1997
2005
1998
Where was Storm Thorgerson born?
Finland
Fiji
Spain
England
Who designed the ‘Nokia Pure’ font?
David Ogilvy
Dalton Maag
Philip B. Meggs
Matthew Carter
Which font designer created Chicago?
Philip B. Meggs
Susan Kare
James Victore
Craig Ward
Who designed the AIGA medal in 1920?
James Earle Fraser
David Ogilvy
Dalton Maag
John Lloyd
Who designed Apple’s ‘rainbow Apple’ logo?
Matthew Carter
Alan Fletcher
Jeff Arwadi
Rob Janoff
In which state was Adobe founded?
Alaska
Hawaii
California
New Jersey
When was this Walmart logo introduced?
1968
1987
1986
1978
Who published the font family Core Circus?
Core Corp.
Score
S-Core
Core Inc.
Which city was Milton Glaser born in ?
Chicago
San Francisco
Denver
New York City
Who wrote ‘Just My Type’?
Simon Garfield
Charles Geschke
Dalton Maag
Adrian Shaughnessy
Which company now owns Fontographer?
Microsoft
Adobe
Fontlab Ltd.
Who designed the elegant font Narziss?
Peter Saville
Hubert Jocham
John Alvin
Corinne Blank
What nationality is Hans Hulsbosch?
Irish
Australian
Romanian
British
Which common font is this as example of?
Ms Reference Sans Serif
Perpetua
Batang
Rockwell
Who does the Google Doodle celebrate?
Claude Debussy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Claude Monet
When was Adobe founded?
1982
1967
1980
1535
Which font designer created Palatino?
Morgan Willer
Hermann Zapf
Saul Bass
Miller Manx
Who wrote Graphic Design Cookbook?
Leonard Koren & R. Wippo Meckler
John Alvin
Philip B. Meggs
Pentagram
Who founded Altsys Corporation in 1984?
James R. Von Ehr
Philip B. Meggs
Saul Bass
Matthew Carter
Who designed the font chiller?
Andrew Smith
John Alvin
Tibor Kalman
Dalton Maag
Which font designer created Delphian?
Vincent Connare
R. Hunter Middleton
Michael Perry
Bob Bernstein
How many AIGA medals were awarded in 1921?
None
7
11
2
Who designed Apple’s first logo?
Art Chantry
Paul Rand
Ron Wayne
Glen Tahoma
In which country was Jan Balet born?
Switzerland
Denmark
France
Greenland
Who designed the Rufina font?
Michael Bierut
Mattox Shuler
Sarah Lingle
Martin Sommaruga
When did the font Chiller debut?
1997
2001
1987
1995
Who designed the ‘recycling logo’?
John Carney
Jason Elam
Gary Anderson
George Blanda
When was Jan Balet born?
1890
1913
1945
1823
Which font designer designed Poliphilus?
Francesco Griffo
Vincent Connare
Paul Rand
Philip B. Meggs
Who wrote ‘Beware Wet Paint’?
George Opperman
Brandon Rike
Bob Bernstein
Alan Fletcher
When was Quark Inc. founded?
1975
1980
1967
1981
Where was Tom Geismar born?
New Jersey
Dallas
Miami
New York City
Which font is this as example of?
Travel
Ravie
Connare
Vincent
When did Starbucks use this logo?
1976-1989
1967-1945
1989-1990
1971–1987
In what year was Saul Bass born?
1930
1900
1920
1940
Who designed the Desire font family?
Peter Saville
Glen Yi
Charles Borges De Oliveira
Antonio Blau
Who designed the Port Vintage font?
João Oliveira
Tibor Kalman
Juan Carlos
Emily Sims
Macromedia acquired which company in 1996?
Iband Software
Quark Inc.
Adobe
Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv
Which font designer created Transport?
Margaret Calvert
Vincent Connare
Dalton Maag
John Antonio
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