Terry,
I disagree with all four of your suppositions. I would argue that the
same cognitive processes are applied in different contexts for
different purposes. On point four, no design educator that I know
poses the same problems to his student as an art educator. Designers
are not encouraged to believe that design is an art activity but they
are encouraged to look for, feel about and vividly express creative
solutions. Maybe its the search for creative solutions that bugs you?
On Jun 10, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Terence Love wrote:
>
> 1) when we look very carefully at the activity of (say) when a
> designer
> sketches, they do it in a fundamentally different way from an artist
> sketching.
>
> 2) when a designer is generating ideas, this is a fundamentally
> different
> activity from an artist generating ideas
>
> 3) Appropriate theories, techniques and research methods that are of
> most
> use to designers are fundamentally different to those of artists -
> even
> when designers and artists superficially appear to be doing the same
> kinds
> of activity.
>
> 4) That for historical and political reasons designers have been
> encouraged
> to believe that design activity and art activity are identical when
> designers and artists appear superficially to be working in the same
> arena -
> e.g. aesthetics, visual communication etc.
Similarly, your statement that:
"The idea that Art can explain the depth and breadth of design
activity has had its day and no longer provides
sufficient explanation." is a red herring - a false statement. You
are the only one I know that would impute that people believe that art
can explain the depth and breadth of design activity. Are there others
out there? Let design be design with whatever influences improve it.
Best regards,
Chuck
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