Graphic Design is……
Graphic Design is seen in all quarters of the world. Everywhere you look there is graphic design; street/restaurant signs, door numbers, food packaging, posters, etc. Graphic Design is the creative process combining technology and art. To be a successful graphic designer one needs to be capable of intertwining typography, images, colors, and symbols to take an idea and translate it into a visual message.
-art with a purpose
-diligent
-tedious
-hard work
– visual skill and knowledge of communications and technology
-a commitment
-art translated onto a computer
-exasperating
-irksome
-worth it
– satisfying
-enjoyable
-branding
-inventive
-imaginative
-experimental
-visionary
-original
-expressive
-perceptive
-beautiful
-overwhelming
-stunning
-wonderful
-psychedelic
-eye opening
-mind altering
-breath taking
-intimidating
-spectacular
-striking
-out-of-this-world
-magnificent
-significant
-impelling
-cool
-exciting
-fabulous
-stimulating
-alluring
-splendid
-glorious
-angelic
-ravishing
-fascinating
-harmony
-expanding one’s horizon
-filled with different perspectives
-a revelation
Quotes
- Milton Glaser
“There are three responses to a piece of design- yes, no, and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for”
- Paul Rand
“The public is more familiar with bad design than good design. It is, in effect, conditioned to prefer bad design, because that is what it lives with. The new becomes threatening, the old reassuring.”
- Neville Brody
“Digital Design is like painting, except the paint never dries”
- Frank Chimero
“Good design is all about making other designers feel like idiots because that idea wasn’t their’s.”
- Jeffery Zeldman
“Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration.”