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Andy's thesis, "Creativity is not design," is pretty obvious. I'm not sure anyone ever defined creativity as design. What I think he means is, "Design is not cr
by blehn 17y ago
Andy's thesis, "Creativity is not design," is pretty obvious. I'm not sure anyone ever defined creativity as design. What I think he means is, "Design is not creative," and I think that's pretty short-sighted.
Design is not art, it is, however, problem-solving, and being a good problem-solver requires a capacity to think creatively. Creative design doesn't mean ignoring accepted principles of hierarchy, spacing, etc. Design goes deeper than that. For example, think about the way that Google has implemented it's own cross-browser CSS button style. The button doesn't look very different, but Google designers were smart enough to know that the variety of default browser buttons detracted from their brand. Google designers (very creatively) devised a solution that is lightweight, accessible, looks the same across browsers, etc.
- DougBTX 17y ago"Creativity is not design," is pretty obvious His other point is that design can be obvious to some people, but not others.
- dannytatom 17y agoHow is design not art?
- EnderMB 17y agoA lot of Art boffins claim that to be Art it must not have any useful serving function. By rule, design is built around rules and is useful to the user by making browsing easier.
- jeremyswank 17y agoi submit that painting and music are also goverened by rules. they are clearly art forms. the cutting of film for dramatic effect is governed by rules, and the cinema is an art form. and in at man cases, art is useful. its best exemplars serve cultural identity. they educate and broaden experience (the best artworks are not just objects, but experiences). i could go on...
- blehn 17y agoQuite simply, the purpose a work of art is to exist as art--self-expression that evokes an emotional response from it's audience. The purpose of a design is to to perform a specific practical function. That's not to say that design can't be artistic. A Jasper Morrison chair might be incredibly beautiful and expressive, but it's designed to be sat in.
- samdk 17y ago"I'm not sure anyone ever defined creativity as design." I don't think people do it consciously, but I do know that there are a lot of people who use 'good design' and 'looks nice' interchangeably. If you want to see examples, go over to Smashing Magazine and take a look through a few of their lists of 'well-designed' pages. The vast majority of the things they feature are not particularly well-designed. What all of them are is visually attractive. Those are the kind of people I think Andy's talking about.