Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Art v. Design
Art and Design differ in their fundamental goals. Art is made to start a discussion and stir up a response within the viewer. Without this level of interestingness to the culture it is created within, it is worthless. Design, however, is created to solve a problem. This is not to say that design cannot be art. If, say, the solution found through the process of design is to start a discussion, or even if the design happens to do so, even if it is not intended to, the work of design is art. The two are not exclusive; it is possible to have work that is both and work that is either.
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I think that your point that design is created to solve a problem is very true. Like architects, their designs are meant to fill a space, or serve a purpose like as a restaurant, a house, an office space, etc. Whether those designs become art comes after the fact.
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