Gunnar's mention of Paul Rand is interesting in this context. Rand of course also created a number of wonderful picturebooks wherein design and authorship/ content merged. Others that spring to mind are Alvin Lustig, Edward McKnight Kauffer, Abram Games. Of course their work is instantly recognisable whether signed or not, as are the ceramic designs of e.g. Clarice Cliff or Eric Ravilious or Edward Bawden. Bawden and Ravilious emerged from the Design department at the Royal College of Art (Bawden having previously studied here at Cambridge School of Art) where they were taught by painters (notably Paul Nash) as well as designers. Fortunately, they didn't trouble themselves with definitions of 'Art' or 'Design' (or 'Research'!) and happily worked across design for industry whilst also exhibiting paintings and prints at the highest level.
I'm not sure whether this is under the right heading, perhaps it should be the 'Research Through Design' thread, but this week's Times Higher Education includes two articles relevant to such issues and recent discussions:
My Work is My Life: What is the role of personal experience (and private concerns) in academic work?
Emma Rees investigates the rise of 'mesearch'- where selfhood and scholarship are intertwined.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/features/self-reflective-study-the-rise-of-mesearch/2019097.fullarticle
and-
Two tribes? Science and Art are more than unalike
David Eastwood
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/opinion/two-tribes-science-and-art-are-more-like-than-unalike/2019156.article
Professor Martin Salisbury
Course Leader, MA Children's Book Illustration
Director, The Centre for Children's Book Studies
Cambridge School of Art
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