Design Revolution in the Making

Use BEAUTY and relationship to the audience or context to showcase art in society.  Making beautiful design user friendly, fitting for the audience targeted, and functional/multiple use are key characteristics, I believe, of great designed art work.  Indeed, the highly skilled execution of the designed product is vital  to producing art that stands the test of time.  This is not a new proposition, but a tried and true ancient structure of working as seen in the timeless functional cultural items from around the world.  Innovative water filter production from clay, nesting measuring cups/bowls, and a child's ceramic piece puzzle game are great examples of use of the material matching need.  The assignment for today's ceramic designers need not come from a patron or commission, but from a grassroots understanding of possible need.  Then, the artist finds a business niche and can work to live and live to work.