Graphic design and UI design are both design work, but the final presentation carriers of the works are different. Common uses of graphic design include logos (trademarks and brands), publications (magazines, newspapers and books), print advertisements, posters, billboards, graphic elements of websites, logos and product packaging. UI design refers to the overall design of human-computer interaction, operational logic and beautiful interface of software, which mainly designs operable interfaces for computers, mobile phones and tablet computers.

Image source: Students' works of Godfried Aduobe Institute of Design.

What is the future of graphic design and UI design?

Although both graphic design and UI design have high-paid practitioners, not all practitioners can get high salaries. Let's look at the national average wage and see which direction has a higher wage level and a greater chance of sprinting for a high salary.

As can be seen in the collection of friends, the salary of graphic design is about 6K per month, and the salary of UI design is about10 K. Explain that the salary of UI design is much better than that of graphic design. The salary of UI design is good because UI design is one of the indispensable positions in the Internet industry, and the salary level of the Internet industry itself is higher than that of traditional industries.

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We also sort out the recruitment needs of graphic design and UI design from the recruitment website. By comparison, we can see that UI design needs to master not only the knowledge of graphic design, but also the knowledge of web page, APP design, interactive design, corresponding tools and even the web front end. Therefore, the recruitment requirements of UI design are higher than that of graphic design, so the salary is naturally higher.

Which has a better development prospect, graphic design or UI design?

Now that Yan value is in power, everyone has a pursuit of beauty. Both graphic design and UI design have great market demand. Graphic design developed earlier and matured than UI design, while UI design developed later, and there is still a lot of room for development. In addition, UI design is the product of the development of Internet. With the popularity of smart phones, the development of the 5G era, artificial intelligence, big data and so on. We will need UI design to bring us usable interfaces, which will also bring good development and prospects to UI design. So it can be said that UI design has better prospects and "money" than graphic design. Of course, the development prospect of any industry is not absolute for individuals, but if you want to change careers from scratch, it is recommended to choose UI design.