My Perspective
Graphic design is a form of communication.  It uses a combination of both art and technology to express a particular view point or idea.  There is always a purpose behind graphic design; it is never created simply to look pretty.  Graphic design is a multidisciplinary with a wide range of fields within it.

Graphic Design is…
Creativity, expressive, bold, imaginative, unique, interesting, intellectual, inspirational, patterns, art, visual, communication, more than just words on a page, simple, complex, a weapon, useful, sexy, crisp, changing, neat, beautiful, compelling, eye music, juicy, playful, a visual language, important, brutally honest, social, broad, technical, marketing, everywhere, a point of view, powerful, influential, digital, lively, popular, practical, informative, personal, demanding, memorable, organized, dangerous, tasteful, ground breaking, loud

Quotes from graphic designers
“Graphic design is a creative process that combines art and technology to communicate ideas.” -Sharon Helmer Poggenpoh

“Graphic design is complex combinations of words and pictures, numbers and charts, photographs and illustrations that, in order to succeed, demands the clear thinking of a particularly thoughtful individual who can orchestrate these elements so they all add up to something distinctive, or useful, or playful, or surprising, or subversive or somehow memorable.” -Jessica Helfand

“Digital design is like painting, except the paint never dries.”-Neville Brody

“Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration.” –Jeffrey Zeldman

“Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated” -Paul Rand

Inspirational Images

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