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10.29.2008 // 3 CommentsNorthtemple: Are designers artists?

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  1. 001 // Nathan Borror // 10.29.2008 // 3:01 PM
    • a person who produces paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby.
    • a person who practices any of the various creative arts, such as a sculptor, novelist, poet, or filmmaker.
    • a person skilled at a particular task or occupation
    • a performer, such as a singer, actor, or dancer.

    Plucked from the Oxford American Dictionary. I think #3 fits :)

  2. 002 // Jeff Croft // 10.29.2008 // 3:20 PM

    Number three does fit, but I don’t think that’s the definition Northtemple was referring to when they asked “are designers artists?” :)

  3. 003 // Matt Wilcox // 10.30.2008 // 12:12 PM

    I had the same argument last week and boild my htoughts down to this:

    Art is about expression, not problem solving. About soul, not function. Design requires function; art requires expression. There’s certainly crossover; but pure art does without problem solving. Pure design does without expression.

    http://search.twitter.com/search?q=&ands=design+art&phrase=&ors=&nots=&tag=&lang=all&from=MattWilcox&to=&ref=&near=&within=15&units=mi&since=&until=&rpp=15#

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