Art Versus Design

I feel that art and design are very similar. They are so similar that I was struggling to come up with a way of quickly and easily explaining their differences. I did some research online and I even looked at what some of my peers had already posted on the subject. The definition of their differences that I like the most is; art asks, design answers.

I like that idea of art asking and design answering. It points towards their overarching purpose. They both require great skill and technique, but they are both meant to accomplish their own specific goals. The artist wants to get the viewer to question something or feel something. The designer is seeking to answer a question that has been posed. There is a specific message that design is trying to express or communicate. Art on the other hand wants to ask the viewer to do something.