[Sam Cree]

"Excuse me, but that is NOT art- it's Industrial Design!"

Well, I guess you're right, it's not "fine art" like Picasso did. Still, it's art IMHO. But don't Industrial designers still often have an eye for beauty? (I know, these days, beauty and art are incidental). I know architects do, architecture is often considered to be fine art, though it strikes me as closer to industrial design.

BTW, my son is considering law school in San Diego, a long ways from our home in FL. What do you think of the area?

[SoCal Pubbie]

I was only half serious. Few people know what industrial design is, even though every product is shaped by it! Design is indeed artistic, but at it's best it falls between art and engineering.

San Diego is a great place. What school, Western State?