ARTS1311 Reading #1

As stated by Norman Potter in “Is a Designer am Artist,” “A designer works through and for other people.” Designers exist to create the physical, digital, and sometimes even metaphorical idea or aspect of a particular idea, and an idea cannot be created without outside influence of others, thus, a designer is always working for someone in some way, whether it be directly or indirectly, as an idea cannot be confined to a single person.

While all art, in some degree is centered around the self, due to the artist’s experience and own thoughts put into the artwork, however art is not in itself narcissistic.

A designer/artist can exist because design in itself is an art. To be able to design is to draw from a creative train of thought, and thus, design is inherently artistic.

In my opinion, the difference between an artist and designer is that the designer creates art to apply to something that is not inherently a form of art, while an artist creates art for the sake of art. I would consider myself both a designer and an artist, as I create both for the sake of creation, and for the sake of applying my work to a non-artistic purpose, but I consider myself more if a designer than an artist.

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  1. Prof Robinson at |

    I would say that I disagree with your statement about art for sake of creation. I believe that art can have many forms one is for delight…..

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