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What is good graphic design?

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  he linkage between political events and design is important. Design helps to present the current affairs or other sensitive topics in a more approachable way. According to the article ‘Design to Empower the People’, designer works in a socially responsible practice that has the power to transmit message to the public mostly without the restriction of censorship. A successful graphic design should bear both the responsibility to deliver the message to the targeted audience and to stimulate the awareness of the society about certain issue. A novel design on an ordinary item or an old advert might encourage people to think more about their surrounding or ways of presenting ideas. (Arshad, 2009, Design to Empower the People)

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