How Art is Closely Intertwined with the Social Context of the Environment

Reading Reflection – Beyond Radical Design
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Like any form of art, design is heavily influenced by the changes in society, culture, and environment, among others. It reflects the very changes that are happening in society based on how the artist perceives such changes and reacts to them. Accordingly, one thing that I have realized upon reading the article was that art is closely intertwined with the social context of the environment.
One of the reasons I realized this was the discussion on how designs have become “hyper-commercialized” because of the continuous growth of the capitalist mode of production in the 1980s. Specifically, it was shown how both the medium and the content have become embedded with the fabric of society based on the tenets of the neoliberal model of capitalism, which flourished back then.
Another reason I realized how intertwin...