Professional UI/graphic designer with a BFA from a renowned US design school here to chime in.
I honestly don't think there should be a dedicated graphic design
forum here if I can be honest. The designer ranking system seems a bit contrived as well. There's really no need or community for an entire forum of the sort to thrive here on Hawken.
However, I would certainly like to see a
creative/design general thread for the likes of typographers, photographers, motion graphics, digital image specialists, etcetera to gather. A dedicated thread could funnel all the creatives together for purposes such as networking, community pro bono work as well as collective work critiques. A sort of "roll call," if you would.
To augment your examples of graphic design above for the public, I'd like to provide an example of the Swiss Style (also known as International Style)for others who are unaware of the backbones of modern graphic design.
http://media.smashin...-design-139.jpg
http://media-cache-l..._rIWkjScP_b.jpg
http://www.designish...ann/posters.jpg
[Edit: Added another image example]
Edited by Monolith, October 16 2012 - 08:25 AM.