What is Graphic Design?

According to Blue Moon Web Design's Web site, graphic design can be defined as "the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. Graphic design can be viewed in many different mediums such as publishing, video game design, or even architecture.
In publishing, graphic design plays a role in page layout and design (i.e. font type, color, images, graphics, etc.).
Video game design is immersed in graphic design through the creation of the game and the design of the characters, weapons, level, scripts, etc.
Architecture has a hand in graphic design because of the fact that architects construct their buildings from the ground up based off their own designs (i.e. building materials, layout, color of interiors and exteriors, height of buildings, how many levels, etc).
There are many other mediums/ professions that graphic design can be applied to as well. When you view the surroundings around you in the world today, take a second to really look and consider how these objects came to be; how they were designed and then contemplate why they were designed this way. I think you will come to find that graphic design has more of an impact on today's society than most people tend to notice.