Contemporary Design as Art
December 5, 2007
Design approaches art every time it contains the necessary elements observing the necessary principles with enough balance to maintain a powerful elegance. Designers working in planar or spatial worlds cope with the same elements and
principles of design but in somewhat different applications. Some recent articles that I have read on design may be of interest to you.
RICHARD DAVIS Architecture for Contemporary Art
Interview of Architect: RANDY BROWN
Principles and Elements of Design Challenged
COLOR THEORY examined as visual esthetics
Top 100 Record Album Cover Designs
MICHAEL BIERUT of Design Observer
Designers cope with the same elements and principles in architecture, decor, art, and media design. The interviews and articles above give some specific examples of the problems in each of these design areas.
Color theory has it’s uses in each of these areas. The article on color theory posits that the truly creative designer or artist works from a color palette that was developed from numerous personal experiments in color theory, but has pushed beyond the most conventional uses of color to a more personal and more creative practice.
Many of these color theories and styles are not written or logically spelled out – they exist only in the body of work of the artist. Even though they are not written or proven, these personal color theories or styles can be recognized by critics and analysts for all of their originalities.
Each of the elements and principles of design can be stylized, and should be, to move to a more unique and personal theory in practice by creative artists and designers.
- Daniel Ferris
