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designer

designer

62 3.0
A person who makes pictures and layouts for ads or websites
  • noun
  • /dɪˈzaɪnər/
: diseñador gráfico
  • Wow, you're actually a professional sound designer?
  • graphic designer
  • layout designer
  • conceptual designer

But I'm working with poster designers, so that's all fun.

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Examples

  • And this is what Naoto Fukasawa, the great Japanese industrial designer, really said.

  • My department had one designer and two assistant designers, and I worked with all three of them.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Think about what kind of designer you would be happy being.

  • I am a designer, and you will be the face of my new line.

  • One example of this is a lack of communication between designers and end users.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Yeah, I'm one of their web designers.

  • News: 4 writers, 1 sections editor, 1 photographer, 1 graphic designer, 1 layout designer.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Kickstarter flips this model on its head and helps designers and creative artists find sponsors for their projects.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Marsha Robbins is a consultant/program designer for food service and retail food store sanitation programs.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Garth used his expertise as a designer to create a stunning advertisement for the new product.

Synonyms

illustrator
vsdesigner
26 3.2

A person who draws pictures for books or magazines

focuses on broader visual concept creation rather than just explanatory pictures
graphic designer
vsdesigner
17 3.0

A person who makes pictures and page or screen layouts using computers

is broader and covers visual concept work beyond one specific job title
graphic artist
vsdesigner
8 3.4

A person who makes pictures and page designs for posters, books, or websites

focuses more on planning visual concepts rather than making finished art pieces
commercial artist
vsdesigner
1 3.5

An artist who makes pictures and designs for ads and product packaging

works across many visual areas, not only commercial or advertising uses

Compounds

A person who makes new clothes, bags, or shoes

A person who plans and decorates the inside of buildings

A person who makes pictures and page or screen layouts using computers

A person who plans and makes special clothes for actors in plays or films

7 7.6

A substance made by chemists to copy an illegal drug and avoid the law

A person who plans how clothes will look and makes them

A shoe made by a famous fashion brand that is usually expensive and stylish

3 3.5

A handbag made by a famous fashion brand that is often expensive

A company that sells high fashion clothes and accessories by famous designers

A person who leads the team that plans how things look and work

How Experienced

senior
∞ 2.9
designer
62 3.0
trainee
50 2.4

Surface Forms

designer singular
designers plural

Morphology

designer = design (transparent) = design + er

Agentive '-er' applied to 'design' to form a person who creates visual concepts; meaning is compositional.

Etymology

Designer comes from design, from de- ('out') and signare ('to mark'), and shares the root with sign. So a graphic designer is someone who plans and creates the visual look of images, pages, and screens.