Where is Graphic Design?

As Malcolm Barnard writes in Graphic Design as Communication, "Most people see more examples of graphic design before they get to work than they see examples of art in a year." Graphic Design is everywhere! He writes about the letters, numbers and symbols on household items as well as the amount of packaging, branding, advertising and print someone will see in just one morning.

Just looking around my room I can see so many examples of Graphic Design. Here are some examples of the obvious, as well as the unique.

• TV adverts
• CDs/ DVDs
• Signs
• Websites
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Catalogues
• Books
• Adverts
• Packaging
• Wrappers
• Labels
• Clothes
• Bus Stops
• Instruction Manuals
• Maps
• Leaflets
• Menus
• Coffee Patterns
• Graffiti
• Cakes - As typogateux proved, graphic design can even be edible.