History Of Graphic Design

The vocational area of my selection is Graphic Design. Graphic Design is the art or skill of using typography and images to compose a visual message, usually conveyed in magazine covers, book covers, advertisements, posters and so on. It uses a variety of software, from the likes of adobe photoshop, to the simple Microsoft word, but may also be done by hand by using paints and stencils. Following this vocational area, I will now further explore what graphic design is, where it comes from and the opportunities and disadvantages that come with it.

Going back to the origins of Graphic Design, this study will take you back to the ancient Chinese, Egyptian and Greek civilizations where it was bountifully used in manuscripts. Throughout those years

It wasn’t until the 1950’s to the 1960’s that Graphic Design made its break out in Irish society. It was helped along with the settling of Dutch immigrants in the country who brought the skill with them. The main source of design in the country was with the likes of advertising agencies. Very few companies or people themselves entrusted to individual designers as they weren’t noticed by the public sector, and agencies seemed more professional to the public as they had firms dedicated to each aspect of the design process.

Considerably from frustration, a “new spirit of independence” (David Smith, the state we’re in, 2013) began to arise in the 1990’s and is still perceptible today. Independent designers began to lavishly transform the practice and visuals of Irish Graphic Design with the occurring access to chronically updating software, enhancing the detail and many idea’s the new independents may have gained. It seems a shame that many more creative people may have lived before the new wave of technological advancements, and may have never had the chance to parade their brilliant idea’s that have now gone to

I am not going to indulge into an analysis of designer’s intellectual property (IP) rights by listing off multiple rights and what they define.

1. Copyright.

Copyright is the term used for what a designer would use to help them protect their work and creative idea or process whether it may be registered or not. Although better to register your work as it may help with legal battles should it ever come to it, it is not necessary. It aids in giving evidence that the designer of the work is the genuine author. Copyright gives the designer multiple rights to the work such as, “the right to reproduce the work, publish the work, make adaptations and communicate the work to the public” (Veera, blog.kunavy.com, unknown publication