How Graphic is the Web Design, and How Web is the Graphic Design
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Many people share the idea that graphic design has a very rich history while the web is a new sort of art platform which is changing rapidly. Although it is true about the fast changing tools (or better — practices) of the web design, it is even more important that the graphic design is to architecture what the web is to print design in a sense of history and noble examples.
Academics question the importance and the role of graphic design by drawing parallels with a professional architecture which has the history of thousands of years (see The Education of a Graphic Designer). Although such an approach is sometimes interesting, it doesn’t help to find great examples from different disciplines of art.
Graphic and web design are very similar in a way that they:
* require clear structure and organization of the information which is being presented,
* require contrast between textual and graphical elements to make the important things stand out,
* share the principles of colour composition and basic text and image alignment.
But they are also very different, because
* there is no physical interaction possible or required with print or video material,
* the dimensions of a canvas for the web design are unpredictable and very different,
* web designers canvas consists of many layered and linked sheets, not linear pages,
* users of a website often know the type of information they are looking for. All the navigation options and their relevancy are up to the designer to decide.
There is a unique quest for writers and publishers to look for the best examples in every possible industry, art or craft, including web design. Although the word ‘design’ is used both in graphic design and web design, it still relates to the design in its broadest sense.
Both of these fields have different history and purpose, but they also share a lot of common practices among similar tasks of each discipline. Asking if one is superior over the other means asking the wrong question to which the answer would be useless.