This essay precedes the compilation of this very book, wich general topics go around Art, Design and new technologies. By setting forth different problems and introducing some new thoretical categories, it builds a particular link between the ideas and the authors in this issue. The text goes foward about technology as a cultural, social and ecomomic phenomenon and from that place it analyzes the incidence of the former over the arts and design, taking in consideration some historical and contemporary elements. As a final note, the expression crtitical projectuality is introduced to take consideration about the creative processes in todays art.