Author: Ezgi Karaata
This source was published in the Online Journal of Art and Design in October 2018. Ezgi Karaata’s paper dives into the ongoing debate on whether graphic design systems and software can be as creative as a graphic designer. She also touches on the overall impact of artificial intelligence on businesses. The paper is split into four sections including: 1) Introduction; 2) The Relationship of AI, Creativity and Graphic Design; 3) Examples of Graphic Design Programs Working with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Method and; 4) Discussion and Conclusion. Within the introduction, Karaata outlines definitions for intelligence and artificial intelligence and other necessary terms. She then goes on to broadly talk about how the debate of machines thinking like humans is not new (providing examples). However, she emphasizes that in the context of graphic design the discussion is necessary because AI gives us the ability to create designs without designers. In the second section, Karaata reports on several tests that have been conducted revolving around how computers are taught creativity. She uses these tests to describe the concept of ‘computational creativity.’ The entire third section of the paper is a detailed brief of design programs (Logojoy, Adobe Sensei, Designscape, Firedrop) that have integrated AI. Karaata wraps up her article by stating that graphic design training may have to adapt depending on how AI progresses in the future, but that overall AI will give us more time to do our work.
Ezgi Karaata has a MFA in Design and Visual Communications from Istanbul Bilgi University and a BFA in Graphic Design from Marmara University. She also has several years of experience working in industry. She was a graphic designer for Yordam, then an art director at Sihirli Fasulye, Margin, and Anabilim Eğitim Kurumları. Currently, Karaata is an assistant professor at Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey. Her work ranges from illustration, logo design, and typography but also has experience with film and cinema.
Karaata, Ezgi. vol. 6, Online Journal of Art and Design, 2018, pp. 183–197, Usage of Artificial Intelligence in Today’s Graphic Design, www.researchgate.net/publication/331431169_Usage_of_Artificial_Intelligence_in_Today%27s_Graphic_Design.
