Art That We Use

Art that we use is called Applied Art. It is art that is functional. Without applied artists, our lives would be dull and uninteresting. Things that we need to use everyday are designed by applied artists. Applied artists make life a lot more fun.

The fields for applied artists are--

Industrial Designer: An industrial artist creates objects that are sold by the industry such as automobiles, appliances, and phones.

Graphic Designer: A commerical artist creates designs for communication through images and lettering for commericial purposes. Graphic desginers design advertisements, signs, bookcovers, CD covers, and web pages.

Interior Designer: Interior designers create what the inside of a room will look like.

Fashion Designer: Design the clothes that people wear keeping in mind the cultural and social influences and the times people live in.

Architects: Design buildings and structures that provide shelter. Almost every city has a unique landscape. City planners work with architects to design buildings and structures to keep the "city landscape" interesting and and distinguishable. The role of an Industrial Designer is to create and execute design solutions towards problems of form, usability, user The tem "form follows function" is widely used in architecture.

Photographers: is the process and art of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor through a camera. Photography has many uses for both business and pleasure. It is often the basis of advertising and in fashion print.

Did you know that Teaching: (yes teaching) is also considered an applied art?
"What sculpture is to a block of marble, teaching is to the soul." (J. Addison)

"I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework." (E. Ann)
"To know how to suggest is the art of teaching." (H. Amiel)
"Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition." (J. Barzun)