Design - All About All

Design

Design as a process can take many forms depending on the object being designed and the individual or individuals participating.

In the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture and other such creative endeavours, design is both a noun and a verb. Design in its verb context is the process of originating and developing a plan for an aesthetic and functional object, which usually requires considerable research, thought, modelling, iterative adjustment and re-design. As a noun, design is used both for the final plan of action (a drawing, model or other description), or the result of following that plan of action (the object produced).

In philosophy, the abstract noun design refers to purpose/purposefulness, or teleology. Design is thus contrasted with purposelessness, randomness, or lack of complexity.

Basic categories

• Image - idea or ideal conception
• Function - the job must be done, also role of meaning, signing or purposness
• Morphology - constitution, structure in accordance with functionality.

See also

• Architecture
• Automotive design
• Combinatorial design theory concerns the existence and construction of set systems that have specified numerical properties
• Communication design
• Computer-aided design covers drafting and other forms of modelling.
• Design of experiments
• Design research seeks to understand design in all its many fields.
• Environmental design and Green design
• Error-tolerant design
• Fault tolerant design
• Fashion design
• Game design
• Graphic design
• Inclusive design
• Industrial design
• Information design
• Instructional design
• Intelligent design is a Creationism theory.
• Interaction design examines the role of embedded behaviour in human environments.
• Interior design
• Landscape architecture
• New product development
• Packaging design
• Participatory design actively involves the users in the design process.
• Service design
• Software development
• System design
• Theatrical design
• Universal design
• Web design
• Wicked problems (includes economic, environmental, and political issues)

Some industrial designs are viewed as classic pieces that can be regarded as much as works of art as works of engineering. The "Design classic" article lists some of the designs that are regarded as having reached this classic status.

External links

• Buckminster Fuller Institute (http://www.bfi.org) (anticipatory design}
• Design Council (http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/design/)
• Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (http://www.gdc.net/)
• International Council of Graphic Design Associations (http://www.icograda.org/web/)