Graphic design is the profession and academic discipline whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Therefore, it is an interdisciplinary branch of design whose foundations and objectives revolve around the definition of problems and the determination of objectives for decision-making, through creativity, innovation and lateral thinking along with digital tools, transforming them for proper interpretation. This activity helps in the optimization of graphic communications (see also communication design). It is also known as visual communication design, visual design or editorial design.
A category of fine art, graphic art covers a broad range of visual artistic expression, typically two-dimensional, i.e. produced on a flat surface. The term usually refers to the arts that rely more on line or tone than on colour, especially drawing and the various forms of engraving; it is sometimes understood to refer specifically to printmaking processes, such as line engraving, aquatint, drypoint, etching, mezzotint, monotype, lithography, and screen printing. Graphic art further includes calligraphy, photography, painting, typography, computer graphics, and bindery. It also encompasses drawn plans and layouts for interior and architectural designs.
Product design as a verb is to create a new product to be sold by a business to its customers. A very broad coefficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products. Thus, it is a major aspect of new product development.
Communication design is a mixed discipline between design and information-development which is concerned with how media intervention such as printed, crafted, electronic media or presentations communicate with people. A communication design approach is not only concerned with developing the message aside from the aesthetics in media, but also with creating new media channels to ensure the message reaches the target audience. Some designers use graphic design and communication design interchangeably due to overlapping skills.
The University of Art and Design Linz is one of four universities in Linz, Upper Austria.
Swarovski is an Austrian producer of glass headquartered in Wattens, Austria, and has existed as a family-owned business since its founding in 1895 by Daniel Swarovski.
The set decorator is the head of the set decoration department in the film and television industry, responsible for selecting, designing, fabricating, and sourcing the "set dressing" elements of each set in a Feature Film, Television, or New Media episode or commercial, in support of the story and characters of the script. The set decorator is responsible for each décor element inside the sets, from practical lighting, technology, art, furniture, drapery, floor coverings, books, collectables, to exterior furnishings such as satellite dishes, Old West water troughs, streetlamps, traffic lights, garden furniture and sculptures.
Graphic design careers include creative director, art director, art production manager, brand identity developer, illustrator and layout artist.
Kelly Wearstler is an American designer. She founded her own design firm Kelly Wearstler Interior Design in the mid-1990s, serving mainly the hotel industry, and now designs across high-end residential, commercial, retail and hospitality spaces. Her designs for the Viceroy hotel chain in the early 2000s have been noted for their influence on the design industry. She has designed properties for clients such as Gwen Stefani, Cameron Diaz and Stacey Snider, and served as a judge on all episodes of Bravo's Top Design reality contest in 2007 and 2008.
Muriel Fahrion is an American illustrator and the original designer of the Strawberry Shortcake franchise.
Applied aesthetics is the application of the branch of philosophy of aesthetics to cultural constructs. In a variety of fields, artifacts are created that have both practical functionality and aesthetic affectation. In some cases, aesthetics is primary, and in others, functionality is primary. At best, the two needs are synergistic, in which "beauty" makes an artifact work better, or in which more functional artifacts are appreciated as aesthetically pleasing. This achievement of form and function, of art and science, of beauty and usefulness, is the primary goal of design, in all of its domains.
Thomas Feichtner is an Brazilian-born Austrian industrial designer.
Nadja Lyn Swarovski is an Austrian-American businesswoman. She joined the Swarovski family company in 1995, 100 years after it was founded by her great-great-grandfather Daniel Swarovski in 1895 in Wattens, Austria. She was the first female member of the executive board, and leading the global brand strategy and communications of the business, which turned over approximately €3.5 billion in 2017. She is currently Chair of the Swarovski Foundation and heads up the global Swarovski Waterschool program.
Monoblock Industry of Imagineering is a design and publishing firm established in February 2004 by Pablo Galuppo and Vik Arrieta. Currently located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monoblock publishes young artists and illustrators of Argentina and the world, using designed objects as a canvas, in limited series of art products, stationary, illustrated and comic books, apparel, homeware and decor. Monoblock promotes the work of both local and international artists through open art contests, educative workshops, and art events. Monoblock's products are available internationally in bookstores, design and home decor boutiques, museums and their website. They introduced the concept of illustrated products for the everyday life in Argentina, and the concept of authorship to illustrated products, therefore revolutionizing the local illustration and street art scene, who were not used to be recognized as authors before. The website also offers a profile on each artists who have been published by Monoblock so far.
Lori Weitzner is an American textile and product designer. She is the founder and Creative Director of Lori Weitzner Design, Inc., a New-York-based design studio, and the head of the Weitzner Limited brand. She has a jewelry and accessory collection under the brand Lori Weitzner launched in 2019 and is the author of Ode to Color, The Ten Essential Palettes for Living and Design published by HarperCollins.
Vivienne Hu is an American fashion designer based in New York City.
Nathalie Colin is a French jewellery designer and the creative director of Swarovski since 2006.
Max Kibardin is an artist, fashion designer and creative director based in Lugano, Switzerland.
Jutta Sika was an Austrian graphic designer, artist, fashion designer, and an educator.
Lego DOTS is a Lego theme based on multiple shapes and colourful tiles, with 1×1 elements intended to decorate the products. These include wearable wristbands and decorative room objects that can be individually customised. The theme includes over 30 new mood tiles included facial expressions, a music note, a cosmic planet, star night and paw print. The theme was first introduced in 2020.
