Images without anchors

Article Abstract:

Some graphic arts professionals espouse the theory that communication could take place through images alone, abandoning words. The precision of meaning needed to implement the theory is difficult to achieve, and the assumption is that all viewers will have achieved a high degreee of sophistication. Graphic designers have achieved a high level of communication through their images, but historically graphic design has included both words and pictures.

Communications, Symbolism in communication, Symbolism

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Where is here? Here is me!

Article Abstract:

The self-centered focus of 1990s culture has had an effect on design. There is no interest in retaining a sense of history and learning from the mistakes of the past. There is a need for self-expression but many people refuse to take a position on an issue.

World, Marketing, Design

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British illustration is in a state of such crisis, reports columnist Rick Poyner, that a leading teacher there thinks the discipline might actually have to die before it is reborn again

Article Abstract:

The state of illustration in the UK and the US is in crisis. There are not an abundance of conferences, journals or well-known names to be a part of the graphic design scene in the 1990s. There is an uncertainty about what illustration is.

United Kingdom, United States, Methods, Illustrators

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