Art and design

Art and Design.Are they the same?or different? Now let us discuss about it.

Art, defined as the expression of human emotion,creative,skill and imagination in visual form such as paintings and sculpture.
Design,Realization of a concept or idea into a configuration, drawing, model, pattern, plan or specification on the actual or commercial production of an item is based and which helps achieve the item's designated objective

We all can get those meaning from Wikipedia or dictionary, but it doesn't clearly explain the differentiation and the similarity between art and design.
After I have done some research, I found out that art and design are exactly two different things.
So, why are they different?? I'll explain this in few points.

(1) Good art inspires, good design motivates.
 
    Typically, art start with nothing, a blank canvas. Art based on a view or feeling that the artist holds within him or herself.
    They create art to share, allow the viewer to relate to it, learn from it or to be inspired. On the other hand, designer's job isn't to invent,
    but to communicate something that already exist, for some purpose. The purpose is to motivate the audience to do something like buy a product, visit a place or use a service.
    So, a good art will inspire the audience, while a good design can successfully motivate audience to do something.

(2) Good art send different message to everyone, good design send the same message to every one.
 
    A visual composition intent accomplish a task or communicate a particular message, no matter how beautiful, it's not art. Artist do not create a work to sell product or promote something. They create it as an self-expression.
    So, an art will send different meaning to those who look at it. For example, the artwork"Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci, ten person look at it will have ten different feelings, some will say she's smiling, some say she's not.
    But, if a design send different meaning to the audience, it is said to be failed. Because if your design communicates a message other than the one you intended, then it has not reach the requirement. For example, if you design
    something to motivate the audience to buy something, but some of them think that your design is to motivate them to visit a place, do you think this design work?

(3) Good art is a talent, good design is a skill.

    Art and design, although they both need an excellent skill to achieve, but art need more one thing, which is talent.Anyone can be creative. Artists are born.
    Anyone can develop skill and Make art, Artists use their talent to Create art. If artists create art only by skill, then they ain't any different with us, because skill can be learn by practicing.
    Design, by the way, is really a skill. You don't have to be great artist to be a great designer, you just have to achieve the objective of design.

(4) God art is an enjoy, good design is a problem solver.

 Art is totally to enjoy, to relate to it, to be inspired to it. Design is all about solving problems. we have        communication problem, so the designer design the hand phone. we want to sell a product, so the designer design the package, the banner and the website.
 
(5) Design have a detailed set of instruction. Your design have to follow the request of the client. While art is all about the artist emotions and soul. No art director is going to yell at an artist for producing something because that what makes an artist an artist and not a designer.


So,maybe you'll ask, " is there any similarity between art and design?". The answer is " yes", but only one, which is both of them have the sense of creativity and they look things differently.

As a conclusion, the most fundamental difference between art and design is their "PURPOSE".

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