ArtVsDesign

To question what constitutes a piece as being art opens up not only a lot of room for discussion, but it gets one really thinking about what we as individuals consider art versus what society may consider as art. Personally, I think art is anything in which the artist feels he or she has put not only thought but a piece of themselves into. I think art does require a purpose, whether that be to satisfy the artist's own personal ambition, or to try and create a new art form or some sort of revolutionary piece, it does require some sort of purpose. Design is also an art form that requires purpose. However, I feel that design is much more product-based that art, in the sense that design is more formulaic and functional than a personal art project for example.

Art requires one to think about the piece being presented, whereas in design that isn't necessarily true, because design itself is made for convenience and functionality. It is not to say though that design can't cross over to the "art" category, and also be food for thought. There are many design pieces that make one stop and wonder about the piece-- mostly everything in any given IKEA catalog. It definitely is not easy to create a strict definition on what art is or what design is. All in all, I think art is something that is definitely tied more to the creator than the audience and what they put into the piece more so than what comes out of it, whereas design is more about what the piece will be used for and less of what it actually means.