The different between art and design lie not so much in how they look as in what they do.”(Brady, 1998) How far do you agree with this statement?
Approach: consider the essential interactive and relationship between art and design.
Introduction: Since the origins of mankind, art and design have already had and synchronous development. As society increasingly fine division of labor, the industry has become more and more specialized. They have essential differences which are purpose, process, judgments, audience and material. Nevertheless, in the contemporary art, the relationship between them have become more and more close, they cooperate, interactive, not mutually exclusive.
Thesis statement: To some extent, I agree with the statement that art and design’s difference basically as what they do, which are five aspects in the past. However, these two fields have started to interactive in the age of reproduction. It might be not necessary to specifically distinguish them.
Paragraph1: Main Idea: A successful design might be use art as background. Art aesthetics and concepts have been wildly applied in design works. Some design products not only have function but also have value of art.
Evidence: 1. William Morris, was an English artist, textile designer. He led the English arts and crafts movement. Using art as foundation promoted the development of design.
2. Many Industrial designs and modern arts have closed relationship.
Eg: Gerrit Rietveld who is famous Dutch architect and designer. In 1918 he designed an early version of his legendary Red and Blue Chair. His design idea originated from de Stijl and Chair’s pattern from Piet Mondrian who is well-known de Stijl artist. (It is a chair, not only have function but also as a art work have collected in MOMA)
Sources: Mondrian (Susanne.D)
Modern British Posters: Art, Design & Communication ( Rennie.P)
Designs of the time (Bhaskaran.L)
Design a concise history (Hauffe.T)
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=4044
Paragraph2: Main Idea: Art in contemporary have been influenced by design style and ideas. Artists can use materials and expression of methods whatever they want. Design elements and ideas have been used in art works.
Evidence: 1. Pop art have used graphic design elements such as collages to re-design a art work. It preferred to utilize images of objects taken from everyday life.
Artists such as Warhol and David Hockney, with their references to mass culture, crossed over into interiors, murals, wallpaper, and posters, opening up a whole new world of fun and frivolity in art and design.
2. Installation have applied lot of original design products to re-arrange as artworks (eg. Marcel Duchamp)
Sources: The story of art (E.H.Gombrich)
Designs of the time (Bhaskaran.L)
Design a concise history (Hauffe.T)
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/popart/
Conclusion: Art and design has established interactive close relationship which could promote themselves development. Design might be tend to not only have function, but also have value of art. Meanwhile art could use elements and ideas from design, have more materials and expression of methods, tend to varied.
