8/31/2023 0 Comments Digital graphic designThe line between art and design is, once again, blurring. This irony is what makes digital so interesting. Computers are logical machines, yet artists who use the computer as a creative tool are creating work that looks chaotic, anarchic, expressive, illegible. The best digital work doesn’t look digital. ![]() ![]() In general, I think we should think more. But only because we designers, as a profession, decided to take over other people’s jobs (color seps, type setters, retouchers) instead of concentrating on ours. Question: Do you think designers today need more technical ability as far as using the mac and/or design applications? If not, elaborate, and if so, what areas seem weak to you? So does the computer mean the end of fine design? or is the computer forcing designers to reflect on what is good, useful, and beautiful?ĭesigner Steven Sagmeister has this to say about the issue: They must continually upgrade their skills - Designers are now at the mercy of the industries they helped develop. As Johanna Drucker has pointed out “The tools of the designer are confused with the skills of the designer … The accessibility of production tools has undercut the design profession since anyone could make a flier or a brochure.” Designers are now required to spend thousands of dollars on constantly updating hardware and software. The graphic designer’s thinking skills were surpassed by the need for digital expertise. Graphic designers were forced to take on the roles of typesetting and pre-press production, formerly not their responsibility. Many design support services closed or converted to the digital technology. Once “desktop publishing” was mainstreamed there was complete shift in the role of the graphic designer. Combine ignorance with the ability for anyone to publish anything with inkjet printers or as webpages, and you literally have design anarchy. Even many trained graphic artists have no understanding of our long history. Untrained designers with Photoshop have deteriorated the traditional standards of visual communication. ![]() David Carson The Impact of the Computer and Digital Type on Graphic Designers
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