Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Design

Design is the practice of artistically arranging elements such as line, shape, color, value, and texture, in a way that fulfills a certain purpose. This purpose can be to create a pleasing visual aesthetic, but it might not always be to cause an experience of pure aesthetic pleasure. For example, its purpose might be to make the viewer uncomfortable, or to inspire the viewer's generosity by invoking pity or sadness. Either way, design is meant to attract the viewer and to demand the viewer's attention, though it can appeal to different needs/emotions to do so. To me, design is organized and clean, and these qualities separate it from the rawness and chaos that can be depicted in art forms such as painting and drawing.

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