Basic Graphic Communication Sp10

I still think graphic design has a lot to do with communication, but I think I have a deeper understanding of what it is after this semester. Like before, I think graphic design is the use of images, text, and colors to portray an idea or message. It’s a way of communication between the designer and the audience. I think that’s the fun, but tricky part; everyone’s interpretation of things is very different. The task of the designer is to be able to send (almost) the same message to everybody in an immediate instant. Before, I had wondered when a would designer know if he/she is doing it “right” (i.e. if he/she has really reached the audience). After this class, I realized that it is all a matter of experimentation/trial and error and asking for people’s opinions.  I’ve come to learn that graphic design is not only about creating ideas, but also problem solving. It involves trying to figure out “how to say” what you want to say, how to actually transform your ideas into something concrete  on paper, how to modify what doesn’t work, and how to further enhance what does work. In other words, graphic design is an adventure. =)

I have a whole new understanding and appreciation of graphic design. Graphic design encompasses many categories of designing in our world. There are logos, logotypes, publications, business cards, brochures, signs, symbols, etc. We combine images and typography to create designs, which is extremely time consuming. A work is never fully finished because once you learn something else about layout or how the work is received, you want to fix and tweak the design. The designer should be conscious of all aspects of the design but understand that it won’t be received the same by everyone. I learned that designs are works in progress and that it takes time and patience to attend to all the fine details of the design. Typography, color, and layout all convey certain feelings and give the work an aura. They need to work together or contrast together (if that is the idea) for the design to really work. The business of graphic design is ever-changing as taste and culture grows and changes.This was only the beginning of the world of graphic design.

It is difficult to come up with so many different concepts in only one semester, but it was a great work in progress for me, especially as I became a little friendlier with the computer. I really enjoyed discussing other students work and learned a lot from them! It is interesting to see what concepts and ideas others came up with which would have been totally different than what I would have come up with. This just proves that not everyone thinks, sees, and receives information in the same way, therefore designs speak to people in different ways.

I think my though about Graphic Design is not big changing, but I can be thinking more deeply. Graphic Design is constructed with typeface and images to express an idea of particular object. In this class, I learned creating concepts at first, and it is the important part of it. On MoMA’s work, when I had created logo of the exhibition, I realized I had to have more preparations in the exhibition. To get new output objects, I need more output, also. All things are expression tools, even though spacing.
Also, Color balance is very effective to show the idea. To connect with all tools that are used for designs, I had good practices in this class.