The Method Behind the Madness of Graphic Design

Article on Livingston

This article goes for the history of graphic design as a print medium all the way to a digital medium. The author discusses the different tools of problem-solving that graphic designers of old took part in. They also explain the alternatives in the different levels of the scarcity of effective designers throughout time. There is also a brief discussion about social alternatives in graphic design for effective messaging.

This article was very interesting to me as it explains the importance of graphic designers. Although I am interested in data, marketing, and art, oh find very important that graphic design has a great impact. For example, the impact of images and very well-done graphic design on political posters says a lot about the different words that the world has experienced. For example, Uncle Sam answered the problem of those who oppose the military draft and the war. Uncle Sam is a fictional character created by graphic designers to inspire men and women to enlist in the army during a bloody war. This piece of graphic design was very successful as it has been implanted into the societal ether is the mascot for the United States and/or the military.

Article by Ball

Sources:

Livingston, D. (2018). Graphic design, the communication of social issues and the evolution of the social alternatives design framework over forty years. Social Alternatives, 37(2), 47–52. Retrieved from https://libproxy.library.unt.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/graphic-design-communication-social-issues/docview/2097432042/se-2?accountid=7113

Ball, N. (2020). The Graphic Design Process: How to Be Successful in Design School, Anitra Nottingham and Jeremy Stout (2019). Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 19(1), 119–121. https://doi-org.libproxy.library.unt.edu/10.1386/adch_00017_5