Graphic Design

Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. It may be applied in any media such as print, digital media, motion picture, animation, product decoration, packaging, signs, identities, etc. Graphic design as a practice can be traced back to the origin of the written word, but only in the late 19th century did it become identified as a separate entity. [free-definition.com, 2004]

Graphic design: IKEA–commercial by Art Lebedev

Trying to communicate complex information by forming a visually intuitive representation graphic design turns out to be a special case of information visualization, yet it tends to ignore the practical doctrine of form follows function — the sole guideline for InfoVis — and tries to produce not only useful, but even more aethetically satisfying (stylish) visual impressions.

The practice or profession of designing print or electronic forms of visual information, as for an advertisement, publication, or website.

[Houghton Mifflin, 2000]

the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, esp. to produce a specific effect.

[Infoplease, 2004]

External links

• ArtLebedev–Studio
• Klasse Hickmann: Graphic design project at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
• Designer in Action

References

• [akademie.de, 2004] akademie.de. Free-Defintion.com. Retrieved at: November 2004. http://www.free-definition.com/Graphic-design.html
• [Houghton Mifflin, 2000] Houghton Mifflin Company, The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• [Infoplease, 2004] Infoplease. Definition of graphic design. Retrieved at: November 18, 2004. Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease. http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/graphic design