“Technology is the mortal enemy of art”, this sentence has been repeatedly mentioned in recent years. Admittedly, technology can replace the work of some designers. For example, thousands of posters of this year’s Taobao double 11 shopping festive are made by AI(artificial intelligence), AI can store thousands of typesetting and materials so it can make a large number of different posters in a short time. This is much more efficient than designers to do these posters. However, in the other words, technology can encourage designers to create more and more new things because technology only can imitation other designers work and cannot create new design.
In addition, technology can help artist to do their work more conveniently and high efficient. Artist always tend to use Adobe App to complete their works. So we can see that the photoshop and lightroom can help us to adjust pictures, illustration can make graphic quickly and Indesign let typesetting becoming more easily. Artist can post their works on the web and social media to exhibit for publics. Therefore, technology offer a new platform for all artist especially some new artist and It is a positive impact for them.
I read a book in the summer, which name is “Design In Design ”and write by Kenya Hara. This book tells me that the design is not to surprise people with its new form and material, but it should be amazing that it comes from seemingly our daily life. Because design is communication with people and infect people. Designer need to focus on society to find and solve problem. It is technology cannot achieve. So technology is not the mortal enemy of art.