The saga continues… artists vs designers. It has always been and always will be, a battle over what is right and wrong with the world, the two sides never agreeing. I just sat in on a good lecture givin by John Fluevog, maker of extreme footwear, designer of original shoes and of course, the very shoes that are on my feet right now. He very blunty told the crowd, mostly made up of visual artists, that business is business and trends are trends. Art is business, design is business etc. You could tell by the rapid-fire of questions backed by undertones of anger in their voices, THAT was not what they wanted to hear. They probably wanted to hear about how pink leather is manufactured (until they found out it was manufactured in China and Portugal), how steel was created to form a sole and whether or not their designs could make it into his line of products (which of course is interesting, just not the basis of why he is here to speak and what he has to offer). Many will walk out with a bitter taste, realizing that the "art" world, or business world is not the pretty painted picture that they would liker for it to be, or thought it was. Gotta cut my rant short, I have class to attend.