Graphic designer vs. graphic design
Eight posters created to be a foundation for a discussion on graphic design and what it is to be a graphic designer. A projector was used to display quotes of different designers on the posters.
Quote, first poster
A designer is a professional liar because he’s hired not to make the properties of a product clear but to enhance the product beyond its truth.
/ Tibor Kalman
Quote, second poster
Graphic communication cannot be limited to the process of selling commodities, it is a powerful tool for both re-imagining the world, and expressing the truth of our situation. / Noel Douglas
Quote, third poster
like any verbal or written utterance, all visual expression has to draw on its grammar if it is to be meaningful. / Quentin Newark
Quote, fourth poster
Design has a client who provides the intention for the work, the aims and the outcome by which it must be judged. / Quentin Newark
Quote, fifth poster
The creation of content is not graphic design, any more than acting is the same as writing a play, or dancing is writing music. / Michael Beirut
Quote, sixth poster
design is essentially a functional activity, with the needs of the paying client foremost. / Quentin Newark
Quote, seventh poster
The biggest challenge that faces a designer isn’t the quest for novelty,
but coming to grips with the fact that much of what we do has little content
/ Michael Beirut
Quote, eighth poster
Designers who devote their efforts to advertising, marketing and brand development are supporting a mental environment so saturated with commercial messages that it is changing the very way citizen-consumers speak, think feel, respond and interact. / Kalle Lasn and Chris Dixon
