Between Art and Design?: Learn Design From A Zero Basis

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From the passage below, identify the part of speeches of the underlined

words! Under each part of speech, make a classification based on the form!
After you classify them, try to analyze on how words in each group are
formed! Draw a conclusion from you analysis!

The difference between art and design can be clear-cut or hazy. The two
certainly overlap and are intricately intertwined. So what are the differences
between art and design?
During the process of human’s producing and creating activities, practicability
is conjunct with beauty, endowing materials both physical and spiritual
influences, which is one of the fundamental points of human design activities.
With the division of labor in society manufacturing process, art and design
begin to be separated and become two distinct individuals. However, art and
design are always interpenetrated and interacted from the perspective of the
development track of both art and design. For example, Davinci, a great man
in Renaissance, is not only a painter, but also a sculptor, architect,
meteorologist, physicist, etc. In spite of the separation and differences
between art and design, the two are inextricably linked.
Art is perceptual; it is beautiful and joy-making; it is for oneself; it is bardian;
countless individuals come together and thus humanity spiritual evolved,
which is the real purpose of art. Design is rational; it has to please its users; it
is to process images with thoughts; it can endow a certain meaning to one
work; it enables designers to express and realize his/her thoughts and ways
of thinking. Hence there are so many differences between art and design. Put
simply, the definitions of art and design are:

Art is for oneself; it is a highly bardian way of self-expression;

Design is for the others; it is based on solving the relationship of humans and
things.
1. From the Point of Creators
What are the differences between art and design from the point of
creators of art and design? Artists are often gifted. Despite the fact
that the studies of drawing, painting and sculpting from a young age
help developing their abilities, for artists natural gifts have a bigger
impact.
In comparison, design is a kind of skill that can be taught and
learned. You can learn design from a zero basis and be a great
designer without being an outstanding artist as long as the design
goals are reached. Numerous respectable designers are famous for
their concise style. They use simple color and material, but put more
emphasis on size, layout and interval; mastering these skills is easy
for even an ordinary man. Some designers would like to take
themselves to be an artist because they create something visually
attractive, something they would be proud for people to hang on a
wall and admire.
2. From the Point of Creation
Let’s talk about the differences between art and design from the point of
creation. Artists don’t have to and shouldn’t take the subsequent situations of
his/her artistic works into consideration when beginning creation. No
mandator will restrain his/her behavior, and he/she creates things out of his
own spiritual needs, which is well manifested by Van Gogh, Gauguin and
other leading artists. Van Gogh didn’t take money as his goal though he also
hoped to fetch a good price for his paintings. Otherwise, he could totally follow
the fashion of that time and painted some economically-benefited pictures.
In comparison, there are mandators in the process of design.
Designers must take into consideration that his/her designs should
bring certain profits for participating merchants and that his/her
works should be accepted by the user. In design activities, users
come first, designers second. In some situations, designers even
have to make a compromise. Hence what he/she needs to deliver
should not be his/her subjective wishes but the commercial aims and
the common aesthetic direction of the user. Therefore designs can
fail when goals are failed to reach.

From the Point of Creation Aims



 A good art is enlightening, and a good design is inspiring. Usually artists
start his/her creations from a zero basis. Artistic works originate from artists’
internal perspectives, opinions or feelings. Artists share these feelings with
other people, connect audiences with works, and hence inspire or benefit
them. A good artistic work should be the one that can establish a strongest
emotional connection between artists and audiences.
On the contrary, there is always an existing starting point when
designers begin one design, either a message, a picture, a thought
or a practice. What a designer need to do is not to invent, but to
integrate existing things for a certain aim and express. The aim often
is to motivate people to do something: to buy a product, to receive a
service, to visit a place or to gain some information. Not reaching the
needs of audiences can torture designers most, and the best design
should be the one that most effectively delivers creators’ aims and
stimulates people to conduct certain behaviors. It is one of the
differences between art and design.

From the Point of Audiences


Another one of the differences between art and design is how audiences
explain the contents of the work. Although artists may try to express only one
opinion or feeling, it doesn’t mean that his/her opinion and feeling can be
explained by only one way. An artistic work is linked with people by different
ways because different people have different explanation on it. Mona Lisa
Smile, a portraiture of DaVinci, has been discussed and explained for so
many years. Why does Mona Lisa smile? Scientists explain that it’s because
of the intuition coming from your peripheral nerve visual area. Romanticists
explain that it’s the fruit of sweet affection. Skeptics explain that there is no
reason at all.
However, design is on the contrary side. If many people think there are
several explanations of the design, it can be regarded as a failure with vague
intention. The basic intention of a design is to pass on messages and
motivate audiences to do certain things.
Despite the differences between art and design, the two are
interdependent. There are also some similarities between art and
design. A design can be an art; design is concluded but not equal to
art. This art vs design debate can be long-lasting, but surely an art
cannot be a good one without designability and a design cannot be a
good one without artistry.

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