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Graphic designers work with drawn, painted, photographed, or computer-generated images (pictures), but they also design the letterforms that make up various typefaces found in movie credits and TV ads; in books, magazines, and menus; and even on computer screens. Designers create, choose, and organize these elementsmmdash;typography, images, and the so-called ald"white spaceurd" around thempmdash;to communicate a message. Graphic design is a part of your daily life. From humble things like gum wrappers to huge things like billboards to the T-shirt youirs"re wearing, graphic design informs, persuades, organizes, stimulates, locates, identifies, attracts attention and provides pleasure.
Symbols, logos and logotypes Symbols and logos are special, highly condensed information forms or identifiers. Symbols are abstract representation of a particular idea or identity. The CBS old"eyebrd" and the active tld"television rd" are symbolic forms, which we learn to recognize as representing a particular concept or company. Logotypes are corporate identifications based on a special typographical word treatment. Some identifiers are hybrid, or combinations of symbol and logotype. In order to create these identifiers, the designer must have a clear vision of the corporation or idea to be represented and of the audience to which the message is directed.
Changes in technology, design trends, and the economy have changed the ways graphic designers find and perform jobs. Nothing, however, has changed the age-old need for graphic designers to negotiate and meet deadlines and budgets. Legal tools for protecting their work have assumed a new urgency. Help is here. Attorney Tad Crawford and design industry professional Eva Doman Bruck have fully revised and expanded the industry classic Business and Legal Forms for Graphic Designers, third edition, to help graphic designers organize and promote their businesses as well as minimize legal vulnerability.
“The knowledge and use of good business practices are essential for the success of any professional or company, including the graphic designer and the design firm,e” the authors observe. “The forms contained in this book deal with the most important business transactions that a designer or firm is likely to undertake.i”
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