The graphic designer’s role in society is to communicate messages visually. Quite often when designers feel they have something to say on their own they use the same tools they would use to get any other message across. Those tools, of course, being the various forms of visual communication.
Currently (in the U.S.), the election is […]

What is graphic design? It is many things to many people. Below I have gathered quotes of how some great designers and thinkers define graphic design.

“Since prehistoric times, people have searched for ways to give visual form to ideas and concepts, to store knowledge in graphic form, and to bring order and clarity to information. […]

Design may not save democracy but it can certainly help where needed. Good design communicates effectively and when a ballot design is confusing to the voter then polling accuracy goes down and democracy suffers.
The Ugly Past

The infamous butterfly ballot of the elections in 2000 brought ballot design to the forefront of American public discourse. In […]