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Some useful information regarding graphic design and the ‘digital revolution’ at Britannica.

“I don’t mean that the pool of creative advertising talent is shrinking, I mean the way creative people go about creating is different. It’s more than exchanging typewriters for computers or art tables for graphic design programs; it’s a complete shift in the creative process.”

“you didn’t have to be an “artist” to become a graphic designer.”

“With computers, it’s different. It’s more than just typing on a computer screen. Now you are free from linear thinking.”

“Technology is often criticized for taking us further away from the natural order of things. But in my experience, technology brings us closer.”

full article at Direct Creative

Back in 2005 Adobe acquired their competitor Macromedia for a tidy sum. read…

“With the emergence of computer-aided design, the relationship between the tools and the finished product has been obscured by a black-boxing of the design process.”

“The designer who also knows about software can reclaim an intimate relationship with the production of their work by modifying, creating, intentionally misusing, extending and breaking existing programs.”

interesting essay at Adobe Design Center’s THINK TANK. read in full here.

“Most designers face budgetary challenges as often as they face creative ones. At times like these, designers take notice of software that helps enhance design while saving money. For new start up shops that can’t fork over the bucks that Adobe requires for licenses like Photoshop and Illustrator, or for designers who just like to try new things, meet Aviary.”

read article / go to Aviary website

“Almost everything that is designed is influenced by the latest developments in technology. Peter Davies investigates how designers react to emerging technologies and explains how they can be integrated into the design process to give products that essential competitive edge”
read article at Design Council.

looking on the Adobe website, they have an “about Adobe” page with this interesting video.
view it here.

So i’m writing a paper on software giant Adobe and how their apps have influenced the graphic design world. Why are Adobe the sole leaders in our industry? Why aren’t there many successful competitors? What would design be like today without this technology? without computers? These are just some of the questions i intend to investigate further.
research ideas/comments welcome!