The workshop on Graphic Design Understanding and Generation (GDUG) aims to bring together researchers, creators, and practitioners to discuss the important concepts, technical perspectives, limitations, and ethical considerations surrounding recognition and generative approaches to graphic design and documents. While recent advances in generative AI are making impressive strides in creative domains, there is a disconnect between research attempts and the real-world workflow that involves graphics design, such as the creation of a website, posters, online advertisements, social media posts, infographics, or presentation slides, where creators do not paint pixels but instead work with structured documents, such as layered object representation, stylistic attributes, and typography.