Whereas art responds to self-imposed challenges, design answers the demands of the consumer. Design can only rise to the level of art when a designer has the vision and the ability to realize the (intense) capability of an idea.
“Design (noun: general concept of the field) is to design (verb: action or process) a design (noun: one idea or proposal) to produce a design (noun: some finished product, actual result).”
Designers are thus requested to consider how their daily operations and created imagery influence the environment, cultural identity, as well as the future well-being of their industry.
Designers are in a very exclusive position of being “creative problem solvers”. Henceforth, the dispute moves beyond “how to get the job done, to how to get the job done in an imaginative way”.
“I’ve been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving.” Jeffrey Veen, consultant involved in designing various leading blog and social media applications on the web, including Blogger, TypePad, Flickr, and National Public Radio.
