Friday, 6 June 2008

What is Graphic design?

Work by Massimo Vignelli


I think this epitimises graphic design to me in terms of it being systematically done, organised and timeless. I like the idea of good design being a joy to use and interact with, good design should make peoples lives better.




This is the American Airlines corporate identity which has been in use and unchanged since the sixties. This reinforces my view that good graphic design should be timeless. It should be beautiful because it offers a solution a problem in an elegant way.





To me information design is very interesting. graphic design in this sense can be approached in a very intellectual way and the aesthetics of a piece are directly derived from its meaning and function.

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What is Graphic design?

Information Design


From the site barcode plantage, These are barcode visualisations.




More examples of information design from the site infosthetics.com

What is Graphic design?

In the notes below are pieces of design that I have chosen with my head: intellectual, organised and functional. here I am going to look at MM Paris, I think it would be true to say that I am choosing these pieces of work with my heart. I think graphic design should be a balance between heart and head, creativity and organisation.


I love the expressive nature of MM's work.



What is Graphic design?



This is from Florian Ludwigs site I would say I have chosen this with my heart. Its graphic design and I think it comes from the more creative expressive end of the spectrum.


What is Graphic design?

Andrea Koch