Title

Why Commercial Art

Authors

Reino Randall, Central Washington University

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Art

Publication Date

9-1941

Abstract

Those of us who consider Commercial Design one of the arts are frequently criticized by some of our colleagues who maintain that this form of expression is not an art, because it lacks feeling, has no quality, and is stereotyped. Are these criticisms well founded, or are the critics at fault? Perhaps, since their work has been limited to the traditional phases of art—painting, sculpture, and design—they have disregarded the growing importance of commercial and industrial design in everyday living.

Comments

This article was originally published in Design. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

Due to copyright restrictions, this article is not available for free download from ScholarWorks @ CWU.

Recommended Citation

Randall, R. (1941). Why Commercial Art. Design, 43(1), 18–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/00119253.1941.10741865

Journal

Design