DEFINE GRAPHIC DESIGN Below are a handful of clever graphic design posters I've gathered that attempt answer the question – what is graphic design? I think some do better than others here. however, I sometimes tend to get hung up on thinking too broadly. Especially when I attempt to think about how I would "define graphic design". OK. I'll give it a try. – Graphic Design is an activity that is so simple and also very complex all at the same time. It's the ability to tap into your own subconscious thoughts as well as other's and somehow extract a factual or fictional thought pattern, attach it to logic, then spell it out in a visual language that's understood by all. Got that? OKAY. Have a look these. They do a better job than me.