I always heard people talking about abilities that are not just accessible to anyone. Apparently, design, like some other areas, demands something called talent, that you are born with or not.
Some people, like Roger Johansson claim not to have “talent” for web design. Roger is an expert in web standards, usability and accessibility and runs a very beautiful blog about these subjects.
Well, I have studied both architecture and computer science, so I think I have a good background of both areas.
Still, I am a little skeptic when it comes to talk about talent.
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Art is not design, and vice-versa. There are many intersecting points between both, but they have different purposes.
Art and design may often borrow elements one from each other, but ultimately, there are two separated things.
Design means usability, not ornamentation. However, ornamentation may be play a huge role on usability.
Art is an expression of the self. That is why art is so often developed by single individuals or, less often by a very small group, generally a duo. And that is why a lot of duos or groups break up very soon, and sometimes not without fights.
While the purpose of art is to draw the attention to itself, to make the viewer to forget the world for a while and concentrate on it, the purpose of design is just to sit there, without being noticed, while the viewer pays attention to something else.
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Guilherme
is a Web Designer focused on web standards and the web ahead of us.
