What is Graphic Design? Statement One

'Graphic Design... is the effective delivery of a message, idea or concept through the use of visual language.'

This is a good way of making the bicycle personal, by shaping the frame in somebody's name.

These two typefaces represent the word displayed which adds extra depth.  'Passion' looks powerful and striking and 'Creativity' has numerous sizes and shapes to promote thinking outside the box.

These are a series of type pieces that replace the 'O' with imagery that the word is describing.  I think this is a creative way of depicting a word, and the colours highlight the subject even more.

If you stare long enough, the imagery here starts to move, which brings it to life and adds an entirely new dimension to the design.

Taking things literally: the queen bee.  By adding items that are commonly linked with something, people can start to make comparisons to create a whole new meaning.

The way this design is folded into the shape of an iceberg helps to back up the meaning of the image.  Creative folding will help engage the viewer, which will make them much more likely to respond to this design.

Type and image come together to create this famous scene in the film 'Shaun of The Dead'.  Text wrapping is used to create the look of the cricket bat, which I think is a much better technique than aligning the text in the bottom corner, which is the standard for a lot of contemporary film posters.

'Fab' is a word heavily associated with the psychedelic movement around the 1960 period.  Bright colours, drug use and love are also linked with this era, which is combined so well in this design.  Like the previous image, the poster seems to move around if looked at long enough, reflecting the effects of drugs.

This clever design uses a strip of paper to effectively convey two separate meanings which I interpret as: Smoking/Non Smoking.

What is Graphic Design? Statement Two

'appropriate, creative, obsessive, frustrating, organised structured... design lives in the detail'


http://www.booooooom.com/2010/09/09/luca-barcellona-legacy-of-letters-calligraphy-video/

I couldn't figure out how to embed the video into the post so here is the link.  Watching this guy in action made me appreciate the art of calligraphy more, and how much detail and organisation it takes to pull it off.

This is a really nice image that isn't overcomplicated with the simple colour scheme. 

These images are illustrated in a way that looks photo-realistic, which is a nice twist from the vector images I've looked at before. 

These images are nicely detailed and the black stops it from being too overwhelming.

This is the revamped version of the Royal Opera House emblem.  It has a modern day feel to a classic logo, and is displayed very nicely in vector form.

This collage of images to create type looks 'wacky' and creative.

Typography made out of plants is an idea that has been explored before, but the detail used adds a calligraphic feel to it.

What is Graphic Design? Statement Three

'Graphic Design... simple and effective'

The imagery from these posters are instantly recognisable, which is what makes them so effective.

The simple logo and colour scheme keeps everything clean and crisp, and easily recognisable.

The Olympics logos are always simple and use a set amount of colours.  This makes them easily replicable and easy to transfer to products for branding.

Another simple poster that uses a recognisable aspect from the Star Wars series.  In my opinion, the text is unnecessary.

Vinyl covers in the style of the penguin books.  The colour scheme and imagery are kept simple and the worn out look makes them look vintage.

Simple threshold imagery, with the band and album name clearly presented.  A nice, crisp image.

This shows how recognisable logos really are.  By showing them in a dot format, it is still clear what logo is being exhibited based on the layout and colour scheme.  This is why these logos are so successful.