Malcolm Barnard explores how meaning and identity are at the core of every graphic design project and argues that the role and function of graphic design is, and always has been, communication.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 Introduction, Who is this book for?, What is this book about?, Chapter Outlines, 2 Graphic Design and Communication, Introduction, What is Graphic Design?, The Functions of Graphic Design, What is Communication?, Communication Theory, Semiology, 3 Meaning: Words and Images, Introduction, Types of Signs, Meaning: Denotation and Connotation, Meaning: Layout, Meaning: Anchorage and Relay, Foucault and Graphic Design, Metaphor/Metonymy/Synechdoche, 4 Social, Cultural and Economic Functions,Introduction, The Relation to Society and Culture, Society, Social Functions, Culture, Cultural Functions, Childhood, Gender, The Relation to Economics, Consumption, Anti-consumption, 5 Audiences and Markets, Introduction, Target Practice, Ethnicity/Race, Age, Gender, 6 Modernism, Introduction, What is Modernism?, Graphic Design and Modernism, European Modernism, American Modernism, 7 Postmodernism and Globalisation, Introduction, What is Postmodernism?, Postmodernism and Graphic Design, What is Globalisation?, Globalisation and Graphic Design, 8 Graphic Design and Art, Introduction, The Artist and The Designer, Cultural Significance, Expression and Individuality, Creativity and Problem-solving, Function, Aura, 9 Conclusion
