It’s on a post-it stuck somewhere above my desk, but the Webdesigner Depot beat me to it:  starting a discussion on the relationship between art and design.  To be more accurate, the article addresses the differences between the two.  While I greatly appreciate the topic being tackled, I have some concerns about the points raised.

There is a general tendency in the way we speak about art to rely on rather traditional and outdated conceptions of what art is, what the artistic/creative process looks like and what the artist’s intentions must be.   These notions obscure art’s contemporary being and deny its multiplicity as well as its present social function(ing)s.  Long gone are the days of exclusive “l’art pour l’art” (admittedly, they were rather short), “art with no purpose”, the “creative genius” and the aversion of commercial motivations.  These misconceptions need to be redressed before we can tackle the art vs. design debate.
Find out about the common misconceptions in this debate, and how we might be heading to designer-artistry.