Is graphic design art?
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- pylon0
No.
Next question.
- gramme0
""Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions, there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated." —Paul Rand
*ganked from tparsons ;P
- grunttt0
graphic design is art to graphic designers.
to everyone else it's called junk mail.
- emukid0
what's not art these days?
- Pupsipu0
design is just a fancy word, way too fancy for describing the profession, so people get confused
- hallelujah0
and after junk mail, actual junk
- I prefer to refer to it as *land-fill*, thanks.pylon
- is land fill art?hallelujah
- what's not art these days?emukid
- .. and then male junkset
- Imposeum0
The real question is "Should art hold such a grandiose image to the public?."
- bulletfactory0
only if you're a 'graphic artist', and then no.
- OSFA0
Yes.
- Mimio0
This is a fuck.
- hallelujah0
- classic example of to much time on yer hands. it's fucking toothpaste! what's next, excrement?!airey
- Next? Excrement is so late 70's.Mimio
- minty freshhallelujah
- hallelujah0
the level of cynicism on this site is astounding
- I'm all for ithallelujah
- i agree. it rocks and/or rolls.airey
- airey0
short answer no.
long answer no with a possibility of maybe.
- set0
This is simple stuff.
Graphic Design is visual communication, functional organization of information into a legible and most of the time appealing format. Problem solving.
Art is whatever the fuck you want it to be. Be it a beautiful painting, a piece of graphic design, a stuffed shark or a tampon.
Stop this age old waste of time debate and go paint a tampon.
- hallelujah0
who cares?
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- doctor0
Design is about solving problems. Art doesn't have to.
- Mimio0
I can't remember my line.
- MrOneHundred0
no
- KwesiJ0
Is motion graphix sex ?
- set0
Excuse me, Iv'e already ended this - http://www.qbn.com/topics/572446…
Next thread.
- What? You don't care for the Paul Rand quotes?Mimio
- what--that corporate toadie?hallelujah