On The Artistic Foundation Of Design

The understanding of relationship between design and art is the key to solve the problems ofdesign and design education. In which, the artistic quality contained in design has the vital significance tothe understanding of the problem. On the one hand, from the traditional design to the evolution ofcontemporary design, art is constantly changing its position and role, and always embodies the artisticattribute. On the other hand, in various areas of contemporary design, it show a richness and diversity ofcontent. Artistic quality is more complex and subtle, but it has not disappeared. The problem of artattributes in design and art foundation is particularly prominent in the design education, setting from theclassification of subjects into the curriculum, and then to the teaching content and method of basic coursesand specialized courses are related to this problem. Modify of the name from "crafts tart" to "design"implies the Change of relationship between art and design, this means that art will be combined in a newway with design. Art and design are the differentiation from human production and living activities, theirnatural has properties in common, but act in the different forms Design and art both interrelated andmutually parallel, sometimes very close, even difficult to distinguish, sometimes is very distant, and evenexclusion This phenomenon is not design and art itself, but the way of understanding in human. Design isbelong to the usual activity, and also in the forefront of fashion, so, when the great changes have take placeof people’s material activities, the design will be involved, and the content changed. but now people’sconcept of art still lags behind relatively. At this stage, the artistic in design becomes more and morecomplicated: the traditional art forms have been eliminated, a new art form has not been established, artseems to disappear in the design. Exclusion attitude to art in today’s design and design education is given toillustrate the design is in with the new artistic concept in the running-in stage. When the design of sociallife through infected with art, a new art form emerged, art and design back together. So, no matter how theattribute of art display, it is always there, this is the artistic foundation of design, and also the rules ofdesign education need to follow.