As a graphic design practitioner, I disagree with the view that “Technology is the mortal enemy of art” as I believe it has created opportunities[1] within the graphic design industry. For example, “The app economy alone has created more than 1.6 million European jobs”[2].

I also believe that technology has simply made the tools for a graphic designer simpler to use yet the creativity of the designer is still needed. Technology has allowed graphic designers to be more adventurous with their creativity as processes are less tedious from what they used to be[3].

Looking at how technology, such as the internet and social media has impacted the art industry we can immediately see that anyone’s art, whatever the medium can now be universal, accessed from anywhere.

With technological advances the graphic design industry expanded in terms of software being more available to those who wanted to try graphics out. A graphic designer today only really needs a laptop, software and a dependable internet connection. According to YouTube and Lynda.com the number of users they had to more recent times had increased[4]. I believe even with this creating more “competition” for experienced  graphic designers, graphic designers won’t become shadowed by amateur designers as their thinking process and creativity in graphic design just isn’t the same as someone who has experience.

[1] http://www.applydirect.com.au/Blog/how-graphic-design-jobs-have-evolved [viewed on the 25/10/2017]

[2] http://www.debatingeurope.eu/2017/04/05/technology-create-jobs-disrupts/#.WfDDuaiPK70 [viewed on the 25/10/2017]

[3] https://dmjcomputerservices.com/blog/technology-changed-design-industry/ [So has technology enhanced or hindered the design industry?]

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlj6Nid8ynl The impact of digital technologies on the practice of graphic design, 15 october 2013 [viewed on the 25/10/17]