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Art vs Design

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Art is a creative expression that needs no motivation, explanation or value beyond itself.
Design is a plan to create something of value. This includes visual designs such as graphic design and non-visual designs such as a technical design. Design is typically motivated by a goal or strategy, can be explained by logic and has a measurable value.
Art vs Design
Art
Design
Definition
A creative expression.
A plan to create something of value.
Motivation
Art For Art's Sake
Achieving a goal or fulfilling a requirement.
Basis
Aesthetics, rational thought, expression
Goals, strategies, competitive factors, technical environment, business drivers, business constraints, aesthetics
Value
Difficult to value
Quantifiable value
Examples
Fine Art
Painting
Sculpture
Calligraphy
Fiction
Film
Printmaking
Collage
Conceptual Art
Folk Art
Performance Art
Photography
Visual Design
Interior Design
User Interface Design
Web Design
Experience Design
Graphic Design
Industrial Design
Product Design
Information Design
Organizational Design
Technology Design
Architecture

Design

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Adaptability
Aesthetics
Architecture
Balance
Charrette
Color Harmony
Color Temperature
Commercial Art
Complexity
Composition
Concept Design
Context Of Use
Crafts
Critical Design
Customization
Defensive Design
Design
Design Abstraction
Design Business
Design Concept
Design Constraints
Design Culture
Design Debt
Design Failure
Design Fiction
Design Flaw
Design Goals
Design Innovation
Design Management
Design Objectives
Design Philosophy
Design Principles
Design Process
Design Quality
Design Requirements
Design Research
Design Skills
Design Strategy
Design Styles
Design Testing
Design Theory
Design Thinking
Design To Value
Digital Design
Dominance
Edge Case
Elegance
Emergent Design
Emotional Design
Feature Fatigue
Fit For Purpose
Game Design
Gesamtkunstwerk
Graphic Design
Human Factors
Human Scale
Immersive Design
Industrial Design
Information Design
Input Is Error
Interaction Design
Iterative Design
Layout
Less Is A Bore
Less Is More
Lightness
Marketing Design
Minimalism
Modern Design
More Is Different
Moving Parts
Naive Design
Negative Space
New Complexity
No Design
Overengineering
Persona
Product Design
Prototypes
Sensory Design
Service Design
Shape And Form
Silent Design
Slow Design
Space
Speculative Design
Stability
Structure
Style
Sustainable Design
Synthesis
Texture
Transition Design
Unity
Universal Design
Urban Design
Usability
UX
Variety
Visual Design
Worse Is Better
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