Wikipedia:WikiProject Graphic design

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Welcome to the Graphic design WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Graphic design.
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[edit] Purpose

This Wikiproject aims to create a more complete understanding of the breadth of the discipline by explaining the role of Graphic design in different contexts, and by drawing connections between Graphic design and its many related disciplines, areas of interest, and specializations.

[edit] Scope

One route to achieving a more complete understanding of Graphic design is to frame it in a variety of contexts:

  • The history of Graphic design
  • The business of Graphic design
  • Professional accreditation in Graphic design
  • The science of visual communication (semiotics, perception)
  • The Political impact of Graphic design (ie. poster design and war propaganda)
  • Design movements (Arts and Crafts, Scandinavian modern, etc.)
  • Design education

[edit] Guidelines

Learn all about how Wikipedia works, what constitutes a great article, and how to go about editing an article here:

[edit] Open tasks

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Graphic design: edit  · history  · watch  · refresh
Recruit
  • motivated design practicioners, educators, and organizations to join this Wikiproject
Categorize
Develop
Create
  • a list of stub articles on topics for which there is no article yet, and publish them on the main page
  • a list of articles in need of repair/restructuring

[edit] Origins of this Wikiproject

The initiative that led to the creation of this Wikiproject grew out of a meeting of the Vancouver Graphic Design Meetup on September 11, 2006.

[edit] Members

This user is a member of WikiProject Graphic design.

You may wish to place this userbox on your user page to indicate your commitment to the project.

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

  1. Steveluscher (talk contribs) (Web design / development, accreditation, information architecture)
  2. Hitrish (talk contribs) (Member at large, information architecture, editorial contributor)
  3. Rasi2290 (talk contribs) (Elements of graphic design; design as process, product, and career; design today; impact of technology, what is/isn't graphic design)
  4. Chelt (talk contribs) (History of graphic design, design education, information design, type + image, graphic design as fine art)
  5. Keithbao (talk contribs) (History of graphic design, design education, type + image)
  6. Magnaniteck (talk contribs) (Web Design, History of graphic design,image)
  7. Oicumayberight (talk contribs) (Communication Design, Media Studies, Advertising)
  8. sh0wnpc (talk contribs) (Visual Design: print, web, application, mobile. Graphic Design and Art. Process)
  9. Zinjixmaggir (talk contribs) (Industrial design, web design, typography, information design, visual communication, usability)
  10. Recury (talk contribs) (History of graphic design, categorization)
  11. seXie(t0lk) (Interface design, vectorization)
  12. Modelwatcher (talk contribs) (comparative analysis of webpage editors, categorization, web design, web development)
  13. Alper Ersoy (talk contribs) (visual communication, typograpy, usability, web design, categorization)

[edit] Categorization

One pressing task is to scour Wikipedia for articles related to Graphic design, and to make sure they are categorized as such. To tag an article as part of the Graphic design category, simply edit it and add this tag somewhere near the bottom:

[[Category:Graphic design]]

Be sure to properly categorize any new article you write! Proper categorization will cause an article to automatically appear in the category index.


[edit] Sources

Suggested sources for use by editors.

  1. Looking Closer series - collection of critical essays. (Historical essays are in Looking Closer 4.)
  2. Meggs, Philip. History of Graphic Design - an omnibus history of graphic design. Beware of factual errors.
  3. Hollis, Richard. Graphic Design: A Concise History

represented by Ahsan Bilal (Graphic Designer)