Inspiration for Graphic Designers
What is graphic design?
Yes, this is a rather simple yet very profound question which varies from each designer’s interpretation and experience. Recently, there is a lot of buzz about this intriguing question. There was even a What is Graphic Design Poster Competition at Veerle’s blog to creatively and visually express the answer to this elemental question.
Some say graphic design it’s a visual communication to evoke emotion or solve a problem. It then reminded me of a book entitled Graphic Design for the 21st Century: 100 of the World’s Best Graphic Designers - a compilation of leading graphic designers in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia together with their predictions and perspectives about this craft. Let me just share some of the interesting insights I read there:
Farrow Design: “A designer is duty bound to push the client as far as they will go.”
Peter Anderson: “Graphic design should evolve and challenge existing systems of language and perception.”
Philippe Apeloig: “Graphic design is the intersection point between art and communication.”
David Foldvari: “Ugly = Beautiful”
Tina Frank: “Design will become anything and anything will become design. Even no-design will be designed.”
Gila Kaplan: “To play the strands of a spider’s web as if they were cello strings.”
Scott King: “There’s no point in doing decorative design…it would just interfere with what I had to say…”
