Termonology: Are we graphic designers or designers?

[SurfPark]

For a while many graphic designers have been struggling with the job description of "graphic designer" because its limiting. Many graphic designers also do animation, motion graphics, code, and package design. To remedy this, many people have adopted the term "designer" to encompass all the work they do.

While I feel that being called simply a designer is too broad and confusing. Interior designers, print designers, web designers...if everyone just called themselves a designer, it would be too complicated. What do you think?

[GraphixNPrint]

I think I need a beer to contemplate this one :D

[emucru]

How about Media Designers.

[John G]

whatsitpeople (ooo it's PC!)
no one really knows what we do, but they "know" they need us and we make things pretty...

honestly I think the term "graphic designer" can and is starting to grow/encompass more, rather than the "more than graphic designer" is looking for a new term. How many "graphic design" jobs out there are just wanting print work and type settting? Most now want web, and not just html css, they want php, javascript/AJAX, flash, actionscript and ecommerce.
Now if only the pay would go up since we do more...

[morea]

Now if only the pay would go up since we do more...

don't even get me started!

[BJMRGTIVR6]

Graphic Designers = traditional designing
designer 2.0 = people who just do cool things that look shiney and neat

??

[budafist]

My business card says pre-press & design. I only deal in print at work so that works for me. As for people that are working across different disciplines, maybe something like visual communications might work for them

[longboy]

I had a title at my last gig that was "Visual Communications Specialist". I thought it sounded way too technical and stupid for a Production Artist/Designer.

[frankster]

(said in my best Jesse from the Fast Show voice)

This week I are mainly being a "text dietician".

That's too long. That paragraph is nonsensical babbling gibberish. Your customers do not care about that. You don't even care about that. That one statementcan be made with 800 fewer words. That makes you sound like an insincere liar liar pants on fire. That word you can keep, but the hyphen goes. ;)

[Mynock]

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.

-Bill Shakespear

[Broacher]

I often describe myself as a 'Master of the Partial Arts'.

(Usually while tapping out a design on a laptop while riding a unicycle across a high-wire deadline.)