Graphic Design is dying
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I do think Graphic Design is dying in a way. Design is all over. Everything has to be designed or over-designed because it sells. The problem is with a regular folks. Designers like myself who love print and have focused on print work mostly are the ones who will mostly saying design is dying... and it is true. But design rather that dying is just going through a phase where things are changing. Some people might not need a bunch of flyers or print brochures now... but they might need instead a mobile app and more of an online presence. It's basically a matter of learning new tools and trying to slowly focus on new areas of design. And yes... all those online tools for crap logo making, or template sites and the rise of crappy free fonts affect people in the industry.
I myself like I mentioned have always had a thing for print and font making... but I have slowly been moving more towards online and digital stuff. Not because I love doing this nor because of interest in the digital stuff... simply coz I have both been switching direction kinda unconsciously or naturally. When I left college 10 years ago I was making a lot brochures, catalgues, cool stationery... loved going to the printers to see proofs, check on colour accuracy, smalling paper, sitting down and going over paper samples figuring out what stock and weight might work best, etc... But at the same time I was slowly getting more web stuff. Every year site design jobs we going up and these last 3-4 years I started to work a little more on apps, mobile sites, intranets, and things like. It's all kinda boring, but design is there... it's just a little different.
I also feel that if in the past 5 out of 10 people needed to hire a designer... and the other 5 had absolutely no need of one... those cheap online tools or templates are attracting a lot of the crowd that never ever hired a designer or see no value in it. So now... out of those 10 people, 5 still need a designer of some sort, and the other 5 rather than being uninterested like before, they just go for cheap template shit or call you to see if you'll do them a job worth $5000 for $250 and a tablerone.