# 5

Art's Little Brother by Rick Poyner

Poyner describes in his article how designers have an inferiority complex when it comes to artists and art. This is due to the influence of wealth and fame artists receive that designers hope to gain. Many think that design does not stand on equal ground with art, but through the years design is not part of the world and can be seen everywhere. Poyner also writes about the different views of artists, they are free to pursue their goals however they like. Designers go about their work mechanically using digital tools similar to those used by artists. Poyner describes how some art is not art but furniture. These pieces are too similar to things in which people use to decorate their houses and their is no distinction between them. Many different artists/designers Poyner interviewed have come to understand the difference in forms that they have created art with. They know that without art there is no design and vise versa. Art and design stand on equal grounds, even though some might believe that design is the new art of the twentieth century. People may never see the original art form perfected over the hundreds of years but they see art everywhere due to design. Designers and their works will always be around people even if they do not know it.

• Art and design are equal in term of being "art"
• Design is the new form of art in the twentieth century. 
• Design is a means of personal and cultural expression in which artists/designers can show the world. 

But, is it Art? by Kees Dorst

Kees writes about how goals formed by a designer is partly formed by others. Unlike artists who have their own goals and ideals designers are influenced by others. He also writes how these goals set by artists determine whether or not the artist can become successful. Even though artist and designers are different they can also be similar in the way they think. To become successful in each category one must think like the other. The goals of artists and designers can be limitless, but that also depends on the person.

• Artists thinks like designers while designers also think like artists. 
• Projects can have unlimited potential in the way they go about it. 
• Different things influence the thought process of artists and designers. 

Discussion by M/M

In the discussion with Mathias he describes what it is to be a specialist in each field is like. After mastering one field can an artist/designer move onto the next field. He then describes how artists have become detached from the world and live in a space of their own. This can be very true at times, artists have a unique way of thinking that others may not be able to comprehend making them seem detached from society. The article also talks about how artists and designers treat one another. In some instances there is a lack of respect for designers while at other times it is vise versa. Most of the people interviewed do not discriminate between art and design.

• Similar views between the interviewees about art and design. No negative thoughts about the difference in design and art.
• Many of them believe in equality and quality between art and design. 

10 things paper is used for....

1. Recycle paper that is trash
2. Use recycle paper for posters, flyers and other forms of advertisement.  
3. Use printers which uses less paper.
4. Create work through the internet and stop using paper overall.
5. Find an alternative source to print on. 
6. Do not print drafts, only print out final products.
7. Make the designs smaller and more compact so that each sheet of paper will have multiple designs. 
8. A designer can become more technology based when sketching and use a tablet of some sort. 
9. Use any scraps to form a new piece of paper which can be used to print. 
10. Promote use of recycled paper or an alternative source to other designers. 

#4

Bad

The article describes how designers should think. They are the ones to pull the strings when designing, instead of listening the the company make the rules. The author describes designers as outsiders, who act indepently but also listen to the voices of the people. It also describes what the main points of being a designer is, to be able to change a product without changing the product itself. Through this process designers become too involved wit the company and become insiders. The article also goes into the processes of design firms. One part are the designers who design everything while the other hustle's companies into buying the posters, ads, etc. As time goes by we find that designers are not as needed as the design themselves. The last part of the article was the most interesting for me. The author writes that being different is the best thing a designer can do, following all the rules that were taught does not create good works. Instead being "bad" and breaking away from the norms is what design is all about.

• Designers should be different and not become too attached to the company they work at. 
• Once sucked into a company the designer becomes any other worker there, they become insiders.
• Being different is how we can separate the good from the bad.
• Be "bad".

William-Morris

The design poster was very interesting in the fact that the typography was all the same but the color of the text were all different. This create an effect of the words being stronger. Especially the last one with the black background it really emphasized the idea he was getting at. As the color change in the words the message becomes stronger and more full of emotions. Although each poster is the same, it feels different as you look through them. The method of creating emphasis not only comes from the size of each word but also the placement and form. William-Morris was able to create it just by changing color in each piece. 

• Change of color helps emphasize the words.
• The typography he used really works with the sentence. 

Professionalism, Amateurism and the Boundaries of Design by Gerry Beegan and Paul Atkinson

Beegan and Atkinson get at the point of how the relationship of amateurs and professionals always change through modernism. The difference between the two is the reputation they get, being a professional has many perks in which amateurs strive for. Profession was different back in the sixteenth century compared to now. It was a title used only for upper class work like law, medicine and divinity, but now profession can be referred to many different kinds of jobs. Amateurism can be seen in a positive way since it is the splitting image of an average person. There jobs relate back to regular people and the designs they make go with DIY. Vernacular modernism is a pure and more authentic than other pieces due to the fact that they are made by hand compared to machine. Vernacular design was more for amateurs due to the fact that they are able to experiment and have fun with designing. The worries of being a professional is not present.

• Many differences between being professional and an amateur. 
• Different movements through the decades help form a new road for designers. 
• more advance technology.