In this topic, I personally think that both of art and design are important and should be exist together in order to create something with aesthetic and usability. Art can be differentiate into visual art and performing art. Visual arts are something that we can look at such as drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and architecture. Performing arts are art forms in which artists use their body, voice, or objects to convey artistic expression. While design, consider as a work process which has user perspective and drive development based on customer need to achieve certain objective.
Now, how to differentiate into a clearer way between these two? First, art is experience-driven while design is solution driven. I believe that art = experience + creativity. Art piece is actually a form of projection. Artist who produce an art piece and how someone view at a art piece will be influence by their own experienced. However, design will figure and solve the problems to make our life easier. We want to snap photos, listening to music, texting, calling and so on therefore someone created a gadget which have all of this function - smartphone. People complaining sometimes their backpack is too heavy therefore come out with the bag with wheel on it.
An art doesn't need to achieve any goal other than viewing as it's a form of self expression by an artist. We may perceive others feelings without words through view on it. Art can be considered as an international languages as it can be understand by people from different country. In other hand, design need to be plan, follow rules and restrictions as it's for others but not the designer.They need to focus on external constraints. When we want to design a coffee shop, things that concerned are what is the ambiance nowadays people prefer? What flavor of coffee can attract people? What facilities people request at a coffee shop? Design must have objective otherwise it will be meaningless and not say to be a design anymore but is an art.
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| Cutlery chair |
Everyone know this is a chair but can it carry out its function as a chair? I guess not. No one dare to sit on it therefore this is not consider a chair. Therefore, this will be consider as art piece instead of a design of chair.
As mentioned, the understanding of art is different from one to another therefore how we set a guideline between good art and poor art? An good art piece will be able to spark discussion among audiences as viewing an art need thinking and observation. There is no right or wrong since it's just an interpretation.
What thought came to you first you look at this art piece without knowing the title? Someone dancing? practicing yoga? or a grasshopper?? Well, the title of this art piece is 'Lover hugs'. Maybe most of u can only understand it after knowing the title. Same to me. However, this doesn't make sense in design. Audience should receive the same message that a design trying to give out, no conflict thoughts in between and there is a good design. How well can the audience understand what message trying to spread out is the most concern issues in a design?
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| The Last Judgement, Michelangelo |
This painting portraying the ending of world where the judgement is going to happen in front of Christ. Even though this is an art piece but it's having design in it as well. What it trying to evoke? What Michelangelo trying to communicate using this painting? These classified it into an art piece. While in term of design, he need to deal with each of the figures inside the painting used how much spaces, budget to completed it, method of painting, material used and etc. He need to plan all these issues in order to complete this painting.
Art and design are correlated. Design without any aesthetic value might seem boring and art work together with design may come out a great work.
