Industrial Design: On Its Characteristics and Relationships to the Visual Fine Arts
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Originally published in Leonardo, Volume 14, No. 4 (Fall 1981).
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Abstract
Industrial design and the visual arts share a common aesthetic basis as demonstrated by their common use of aesthetic principles and by designers who are also visual artists. The author examines the rationale for exhibiting industrial products in art museums and the similarities and differences between industrial design and the fine arts. He argues that industrial design shares important theoretical concepts (expression, representation and style) with the visual fine arts.
Suggested Citation
Curtis Carter. "Industrial Design: On Its Characteristics and Relationships to the Visual Fine Arts" Leonardo 14.4 (1981).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/curtis_carter/68