Saturday 10 November 2012

What is Graphic Design For?




Visual Languange
  • Information & wayfinding
  • Publishing & editorial
  • Branding & identity
  • Product & packaging
  • Retail & promotion
Categorising: Genres//Contents//Audience//Sectors//Functions//Formats

Information & Wayfinding
  • Helps people understand & clarify data visually
  • Infographics
  • Visually engaging - dull information transformed creatively
  • Complex message portrayed through simplified and effective connotations
  • E.g. maps, graphs, plans & signs
Branding & Identity
  • Brand-percieved emotional corporate image
  • Identity - visual aspects that form part of overall brand
  • Logo - identifying business work as part of brand - small visual representations in association with brand
Editorial & Publishing

  • Magazine design - fashion//music//lifestyle//the arts//technology etc.
  • Publishing - fiction//non-fiction//travel//biographies//manuals//childrens' books etc.
  • General publication - annual reports//catalogues//brochures//instructional etc.
Retail & Promotion

Product & Packaging

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