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The work of graphic designers provides the forms we encounter in our daily experience of mass media, trade publications, and the signage in the world around us.

Graphic designers work with very different constraints than visual artists. They have to meet demands of the market while striving to produce work of aesthetic quality and recognizable style under pressures of deadlines and budgets.

Many graphic artists are also interested in using their skills to contribute to public debates about political issues and ideas. Others create works for their own satisfaction, exploring the conventions of typography, legibility, and communication in an expressive manner usually associated with the fine arts.

Neuberger Museum of Art 20 September 1998 - 31 January 1999