graphic design, n.Definitions

Graphic design is the spit and polish but not the shoe.

Graphic design is the form that purposeful planning takes.

Graphic design is college-level meme making.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

Graphic design is an art that can never be for its own sake. It will never happen, because the concept cancels itself out — a poster about nothing other than itself is not Graphic Design, it's … makin' ART.”

Graphic design is the art of spending a great deal of time to make something look like it took no time at all.

Graphic design is an idiomatic language, a language of cues and puns and symbols and allusions, of cultural references and perceptual inferences that challenge both the intellect and the eye.

Graphic design is not about making things pretty; it is about communication, communication in an artistic or creative manner, much like writing is used to convey ideas.