Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
7 p.
Publication Date
Fall 1981
Publisher
MIT Press
Source Publication
Leonardo
Source ISSN
0024-094X
Original Item ID
doi: 10.2307/1574602
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.
Recommended Citation
Carter, Curtis, "Industrial Design: On Its Characteristics and Relationships to the Visual Fine Arts" (1981). Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications. 71.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/phil_fac/71
Comments
Published version. Leonardo, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Fall 1981): 283-289. DOI. © 1981 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press). Used with permission.