Monday, 5 November 2012

GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR? - 1

The effective delivery of a message, idea or concept through visual language

5 key areas of graphic design
although they are not definitive as graphic design cross overs into many other categories

  • Information & way finding
  • Publishing & editorial
  • Branding & identity
  • Product & packing
  • Retail & promotion
Categories

  • Genres
  • Content
  • Audiences
  • Sectors
  • Functions
  • Format
Information & way finding


  • Certain skills set
  • Structured
  • Research driven
  • Data, facts, figures, statistics
  • Grabbing peoples attention
  • Complex information reduced
  • Simple
  • Effective delivery
  • Maps 
  • Information
  • Signage
  • Floor plans



Branding & identity


  • logo is part of the brand
  • Brand - Perceived corporate image as a whole.
  • Identity - Visual aspects that form part of the brand.
  • Logo - Identifies a business in its simplest form.

http://justcreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/brand-identity-logo-explained1.jpg
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In this instance the color change makes sense. Since the base color (violet/purple) is used in all instances, the marks have the same basic structure and only the color of "Ex" changes. This clearly indicates a sub-set of the main corporation.




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