Editing Graphic design (section)

==Terminology==
The term "graphic design" makes an early appearance in a 4 July 1908 issue (volume 9, number 27) of ''Organized Labor'', a publication of the Labor Unions of San Francisco, in an article about technical education for printers:<ref>Paul Shaw, [https://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2020/06/blue-pencil-no-46-yet-more-on-the-early-history-of-the-term-graphic-design/ Blue Pencil no. 46—Yet more on the early history of the term "graphic design"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127004214/https://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2020/06/blue-pencil-no-46-yet-more-on-the-early-history-of-the-term-graphic-design/ |date=27 November 2021}}, 1 June 2020.</ref>

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An Enterprising Trades Union<br />
… The admittedly high standard of intelligence which prevails among printers is an assurance that with the elemental principles of design at their finger ends many of them will grow in knowledge and develop into specialists in graphic design and decorating. …
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A decade later, the 1917–1918 course catalog of the [[California College of the Arts|California School of Arts & Crafts]] advertised a course titled Graphic Design and Lettering, which replaced one called Advanced Design and Lettering. Both classes were taught by [[Frederick H. Meyer (furniture designer)|Frederick Meyer]].<ref>Paul Shaw, "[https://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2018/01/the-definitive-dwiggins-no-81-who-coined-the-term-graphic-design/ The Definitive Dwiggins no. 81—Who Coined the Term 'Graphic Design'?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127002102/https://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2018/01/the-definitive-dwiggins-no-81-who-coined-the-term-graphic-design/ |date=2021-11-27}}", ''Blue Pencil'', 7 January 2018.</ref>