[Sigia-l] Why "design" makes some of us cringe.

[Derek R]

>Can we agree to the following statement?
>"'art' is NOT equal to 'design'


Design involves utilitarian pleasure, art does not.

Art involves the (non-utilitarian) pleasure of heightened experience,
contemplation, or appreciation, etc.

In this sense, art is in no way useful.  :-)

Andy Warhol's "Soup Can"' demonstrates this wonderfully: In its normal
state, without the artistic frame, the soup-can object is utilitarian
(let's do lunch!). Once framed, however, the object is disembodied, and
is no longer utilized, or thought of, corporeally.

Duchamp's "Fountain" also clearly demonstrates this simple distinction.
Ripped from the wall of the Men's Room and displayed in a museum,
Duchamp's urinal ceases to be a good spot to urinate.
 
For these reasons, and more, beauty and art are not movements (process).

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