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{{Definition|'''Graphic design''' is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. Combining text and image in a coherent way allows images to be explanations or ''visualizations'' of corresponding parts of text and vice versa.}}
{{Definition|'''Graphic design''' is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. Combining text and image in a coherent way allows images to be explanations or ''visualizations'' of corresponding parts of text and vice versa.}}


[[Image:graphicdesign.jpg|thumb|250px|Graphic design]]
[[Image:graphicdesign.jpg|thumb|250px|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 ''form follows function''–doctrine that — the sole guideline for ''InfoVis'' — and tries to produce not only useful, but even more aethetically satisfying (''stylish'') visual impressions.
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 ''form follows function''–doctrine that — the sole guideline for ''InfoVis'' — and tries to produce not only useful, but even more aethetically satisfying (''stylish'') visual impressions.

Revision as of 01:36, 18 May 2005

Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. Combining text and image in a coherent way allows images to be explanations or visualizations of corresponding parts of text and vice versa.
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 form follows function–doctrine that — the sole guideline for InfoVis — and tries to produce not only useful, but even more aethetically satisfying (stylish) visual impressions.

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