auteur vs designer

auteur

noun
  • A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of his works. 

designer

noun
  • A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession. 

  • A plotter or schemer. 

  • A software tool for designing things. 

adj
  • Created by a designer, especially a fashion designer. 

How often have the words auteur and designer occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )