Design Vs Art
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- kewHexton0
good words...
"a) The distinction between Art and Design seems to be lying more in the marketing paths (curator and client) than with the content of the work. Both ways offer different possibilities and limitations. A lot of designers imagine to change sides and become "artists" once they are through the groundwork of hassling with clients and ... then get really rich and snobby.b) Art is Art and Design is Design and there are very little terrains which overlap. Art must be free and radical, Design is about solving (other peoples) problems. Design is about organizing space while Art is about the structure ideas, the unexpected and uncharted.
You may decide which theory you'd like to apply based on the situation and your personal favour. Both theories work. Art is about ego, Design is about interaction and one would not function without the other. Art can be enigmatic, Design must not. We are fascinated by both freedom and discipline, but we are suspicious about DIY artists or/and designers who are into it for the wrong reasons. Graphic Design became successful as it provided a platform for a lot of talents to develop their own ideas and present them to a wider public WITHOUT external sometimes irrational limitations coming from curators or clients. We are trying to prepare and constantly redefine and enlarge the platform. "
-Robert Klanten interview @ shift -http://www.shift.jp.org/en/arch...