Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Graphic design/article candidate

This is a very quick sketch; please feel free to flesh it out, rename categories, move them around, and add notes about what should go in each category. Steveluscher 08:46, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Howdy, folks. I had just starting working on the main Graphic Design page. I'd tweaked the intro/overview, and it just so happens I've been roughing out my own version of a skeleton. I'll work my ideas into this one instead; I look forward to your thoughts. Rasi2290
 * A warm welcome to the Graphic design WikiProject. Thanks for throwing out all of my work (joking!) ;-) I think we have something great started here. My only suggestion is to keep it pretty content-free for now (as you have done) so that we can focus on the overall structure and flow of the article without getting caught up in the details. I'm going to work now to recruit more people to the project so that we can get some lively discussion happening. The project is only 3 days old and we're already making headway! Steveluscher 16:48, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Professional accreditation section
The Professional accreditation section has been separated from the Education section. Though the modern accreditation system (specifically that of the RGD Ontario) now has an education prerequisite, we should remember that designers whose careers predate the accreditation movement were, through a grandfathering provision, able to earn their professional designations based on their experience and the merit of their life's work, not because of where or how long they studied. – Steveluscher 09:16, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

thoughts, new opening para
I think the Outline is good the way it is and perhaps we can start fleshing out the text. OK? HiTrish 04:39, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

I propose that the following bit (or something similar) be the only statement necessary for the Opening Paragraph:

Opening Paragraph
Graphic design is a form of communication which employs visual art and concepts of marketing and advertising to communicate specific, usually persuasive, messages about aspects or qualities of a subject to an audience, normally for commercial purposes.

Like many forms of communication, graphic design often refers to both the process by which the communication is created, and the final form that it takes.

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For the section that follows, "Overview", one thing may be to look at the questions: What is Graphic Design in relation to "Communication", in relation to "Art", "Fine Art", "Visual Art", and, what is Graphic Design in relation to "Marketing" and "Advertising"??? Are these the key questions for the next section? I think they just might be.

Thoughts? HiTrish 03:12, 16 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I second the motion to move forward with this structure. I'm not 100% on that opening paragraph, but it's not too shabby either. Just my opinion.