So what is art? This question has been asked for centuries, but up to this day, it's still ambiguous in its definition. For me, art is (mostly) a visually appealing object in some form created by a (or several) person(s).
Dionysus and Ariadne by Tiziano
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss by Canova
An unfinished sketch of my mother. Credit to Alice White.
High speed photography. Google Images
The list continues, but those are just a few examples of what most people consider to be art.
In this way, it's similar to design just because the purpose of design is to make something visually appealing.
However, art is only an aesthetic that is used for decor or to make a point in our minds. Design has a function: I see design as an artistic form of making something that may be drab and boring into something that is visually appealing to the human eye. Design comes in many forms from designing the interior of a room to designing a website. Although not entirely about certain aspects of art, design has its own category in making certain things more alluring to us.
Credit to Easylife Productions
Credit to ethicalweddings.com
Some see art and design as two completely different fields, some see them as practically the same. I say they're both: design is a form of art, so it's not the same, but it also takes form from techniques that artists use in their works. Art isn't always as functional as design, but some would argue that art is the reason why design exists. So although they are different (but share some qualities), there will always be a debate as to their relation to each other.
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