blog assignment 8

In today’s day and age design can most definitely be both art and science, yes there are situations when a design might only be one or the other, but in most cases design today will be a combination of science and art.

In the corner of design being a science the most obvious examples are things that are designed to be completely practical, they are to serve their purpose and nothing else. A fighter jet for example, it is made to be fast, nimble and stealthy with no thought or consideration to how aesthetically pleasing it is. But there is no denying, they still look awesome and as the saying goes ‘art is in the eye of the beholder’. I’m sure to a large number of people around the world a fighter jet is art.

In the other corner where design is just art there will be plenty of examples too. Take a decorative lamp for example, a lamp that one might buy purely for decoration and never to use as a lamp. This object would have been designed with one thing in mind, ‘does it look good’. However even with just that thought in mind it is still restricted to what materials it can be made out of and how those materials will behave in the form of a lamp, and if I’m not mistaken science will have a lot to do with that decision.

So ultimately there will always be aspects of design that will be considered to be just art or just science but no matter what there will always be a hint of its counterpart.

[photo of f-15 jet] (05.03.09) http://www.hightech-edge.com/f15-strike-eagle-us-air-force-usaf-navy-fighter-jet/3577/ 
[photo of decorative lamp] (23.01.11) http://homedesigndecorates.com/modern-fashionable-lighting-and-futuristic-round-chandelier-designs