Art vs. Design

Honestly, I think the line between art and design is very thin these days. The two are starting to blend into each other as artists use design techniques and vice versa. But as we were looking at the exhibit of BYU students I did notice some things that separate the two groups.  Design is less about an intellectual concept. I find that often it is more about the formal elements such as form, line, and color. In today's art world you would be hard pressed to find a piece of art that doesn't have a concept, or some idea that the artist is trying to share. I also noticed that design works are often more illustrative. They are more concerned about telling a story. Design work is meant to be easily read and understood, while often art is meant to be pondered over. That is not to say that this is always the case for either area, but these are how they generally work. Design also often has a customer lined up ahead of time who wants something specific while art is made more how the artist wants it.