Art vs. Design

         The first main difference that I felt between art and design is that design is commercially rooted. It is about selling something to someone. Another thing I noticed is that art and design both deal with accessibility of meaning, but in completely different ways. Design seeks to be universal in interpretation. Designers focus on aesthetics as a means to make their concepts or information so blatant that nothing distracts the audience from receiving that message, or even worse, misunderstanding that message. On the other hand, in art it is often cliche if the concept is obvious at first glance to viewers. Most artists want viewers to find meaning through time and consideration of a piece, and they often allow the viewer to make interpretations of their own.