MARGINAL TO MAINSTREAM TO MIRROR

Since GDUSA began tracking the graphic design industry's use of stock visuals two decades ago, we have watched stock first move from the margins to the mainstream and then become an indispensable resource that a remarkable 94% of our readers now use. The reasons for the rise of stock are many and various, but perhaps the best explanation is that stock is a mirror onto today's design world.
 
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