Part of it is just semantics, really. In contemporary times, “art” tends to be connoted as left-wing, while “design” and “craft”, which occupy much of the same space, as apolitical or even loosely on the ‘right’. Wiewing website design as “art” as opposed to a “craft”, or even just one design activity among many, isn’t quite a value-free choice!
In my country “design” is definitely associated with left wing politics. The difference between “art” or “design” and “craft” is, the former is concerned with aesthetics whereas the latter is only (or mostly) concerned with functionality. This also makes the former a “thrive” thing and the latter a rather neutral thing.
Part of it is just semantics, really. In contemporary times, “art” tends to be connoted as left-wing, while “design” and “craft”, which occupy much of the same space, as apolitical or even loosely on the ‘right’. Wiewing website design as “art” as opposed to a “craft”, or even just one design activity among many, isn’t quite a value-free choice!
In my country “design” is definitely associated with left wing politics. The difference between “art” or “design” and “craft” is, the former is concerned with aesthetics whereas the latter is only (or mostly) concerned with functionality. This also makes the former a “thrive” thing and the latter a rather neutral thing.