Meanings
noungraphic design (countable and uncountable, plural graphic designs)
plural graphic designs
- uncountableThe visual design and layout of communications materials, such as logos, documents, signs, and brochures.
- countableAn individual design of this kind.
Origin
Coined by type designer, calligrapher and book designer William Addison Dwiggins in 1922, from graphic + design.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 平面設計 /平面设计
- 平面設計 /平面设计visual design and layout
Chinese Mandarin 平面設計 /平面设计
- 平面設計 /平面设计 (píngmiàn shèjì)visual design and layout
Finnish graafinen suunnittelu
- graafinen suunnitteluvisual design and layout
French graphisme
- graphismevisual design and layout
German Grafikdesign
- Grafikdesignvisual design and layout
Hungarian tervezőgrafika
- tervezőgrafikavisual design and layout
Indonesian desain grafis
- desain grafisvisual design and layout
Japanese グラフィックデザイン
- グラフィックデザイン (gurafikku dezain)visual design and layout
Korean 그래픽 디자인
- 그래픽 디자인 (geuraepik dijain)visual design and layout
Russian графический дизайн
- графический дизайн (grafičeskij dizajn)visual design and layout
Spanish diseño gráfico
- diseño gráficovisual design and layout
Vietnamese thiết kế đồ hoạ
- thiết kế đồ hoạvisual design and layout
Cite this entry
APA
graphic design. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graphic%20design
MLA
“graphic design.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graphic%20design. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “graphic design,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graphic%20design.
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