Graphic Design Is…

My definition: Graphic Design is the art of visually representing something in efforts to make an impact on an audience. Terms that come to mind when thinking about Graphic Design include color theory, typography, negative space, creativity and expression, amongst many others that are included in my list below.

• Creativity
• Relaying a message
• Typography
• Iconography
• Imagery
• Color Theory
• Expression
• Imagination
• Art
• Combining pictures with words
• Individuality
• Advertising
• Marketing
• Branding
• Tangible
• Communication
• Stylizing
• Visualization
• Visual arts
• Page layouts
• Historic
• Lines
• Simplicity
• Composition
• Organization
• Designing logos
• Making an impression
• Symbolism
• Shapes
• RGB CMYK
• Concepts
• Proportion
• Aesthetics
• Cultural
• Publishing a finished product
• Informative
• Passion
• Influencial
• Useful
• Structural
• Functional
• Dimensional
• Digital
• Revolves around technology
• Useful
• Modern
• Technical
• Psychedelic
• Turning ideas into a design
• Individuality

Quotes from famous designers

“Design is a way of life, a point of view. It involves the whole complex of visual communications: talent, creative ability, manual skill, and technical knowledge. Aesthetics and economics, technology and psychology are intrinsically related to the process.”

–Paul Rand

 

“Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.”

–George Santayana

 

“Graphic Design, which fulfills aesthetic needs, complies with the laws of form and exigencies of two-dimensional space; which speaks in semiotics, sans-serifs, and geometrics; which abstracts, transforms, translates, rotates, dilates, repeats, mirrors, groups, and regroups, is not good design if it is irrelevant.”

–Paul Rand

“I strive for two things in design: simplicity and clarity. Great design is born of those two things.”

-Lindon Leader

 

“Design is intelligence made visible.”

 –Alina Wheeler

Inspirational Images

 

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