A Literature Review on Designers' Responsibilities and Role Management from the Perspective of Graphic Design - Focus on Credit, Learning, and Evaluation Systems of Design

Abstract

The growth of advanced computer technologies seems to make designers' professions weaker because any people who can use a computer can create design items quickly under a computer direction. However, many web designs are not really fancy in a design manner, and designers should get a chance to aware the importance of their responsibilities and roles about what they design. For the scope of this study, the responsible graphic designers and their supporting role management are discussed with previous design research resources. Based on the research information, four different kinds of designers are defined. The methodology of this study is to analyze and redefine the system design model in credit, learning, and evaluation parts with stronger supports of designers' responsibilities and their roles. The analysis of each category suggests directions how designers should develop their design profession. In the digitalized conceptual age, designers need to aware the importances to keep their credit, reeducation of themselves, and reevaluation of design knowledge.