Art vs. Design

While I am still not sure how to define the difference between design and art, there are things about each that are uniquely their own. Design is a more calculated and precise plan. Architects create a design, a precise, exactly proportionate model of what the finished product should be. The design serves a purpose and function. Is it art? It is an art form. Art, to me, should mean something; it should convey some sort of message. The message is up to the discretion of the artist, and the composition should be totally up to the artist. To the designer, the design may have some sort of message to convey or a meaning, and that is why it is an art form, to me at least. All the same, the differences between art and design are few, and even those are convoluted in some way.