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More than meets the eye
Graphic design comes in where words and visual images are used to convey ideas and information. So graphic design features in lots of different areas including advertising, publishing, signage, packaging, corporate identity (a company's image and logo) and multimedia.

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Who does what?
What would I learn if I studied to be a graphic designer?
Are there many jobs in the graphics field?

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Interviews
Useful organisations
Useful books
Art & Design Q & A, Trotman 2000
Getting Into Art & Design, Trotman Group 2000
Creative Futures A Guide To Courses & Careers In Art, Craft and Design, NSEAD 1999
Media Careers: Design, Purple House 1998, Ed. Liz Brown
Working in Arts, Crafts and Design, Kogan Page 1997, Ed David Shacklady

Useful magazines
Websites showing Graphic design