WHAT IS DESIGN?
Design is defined in terms of Method Product Goal
All are partial Many of the people who believe them, believe they are the complete defintion
The OED defines design as: A plan or scheme conceived in the mind and intended for subsequent execution; the preliminary conception of an idea that is to be carried into affect by action; a project. To mark out; to designate; to name. To sketch.
Design is problem solving. [cognitive science]
Design occurs in the tension between what is and what ought to be.
Form follows function. [Louis Sullivan]
Design is a mode of action. [Charles Eames]
Design is an act of individual heroic creation. [Howard Roarke in Ayn Rand s The Fountainhead]
Design is a social activity.
Design is knowledgeably applying information; therefore, information seeking is central to design.
Design is form-giving. [translation of design from Norwegian]
Commodity, Firmness, Delight [Vitruvius ]
Design is just one of Art Science the four creative disciplines Design Engineering [Rich Gold]
Design is making something new that fits with reality. [Harrison & Stults]
Good designers copy; great designers steal. [Steve Jobs, after Pablo Picasso]
To design is to manipulate representations of an imagined future reality.
Design is the science of the imaginary. [Herbert Simon]
Most invention is design.
Some design is invention.
Until someone uses it, a design is not complete. [Brenda Laurel]
Design is appearance.
Good design increases sales; great design creates market leaders. [Raymond Lowey]
Less is more. [Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]
God is in the details. [Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]
Design is evocative.
Design is a reflective practice. [Donald Schon]
Design is optimization. [engineering]
Design research is pattern-finding; designing is pattern-applying. [Christopher Alexander]
Design is choosing wisely.
Iteration is design.
Debug this into reality. [hackers creed]
Design is getting from here to there. [Henry Petroski]
Designing is falling in love with a project.
Design is managing the client.
Design process: Enumerate aspects of solution space, evaluate each one. [Zwicky], [Whittle], [Card]
Design addresses wicked problems. [Horst Rittle]
Design is two things: (1) design is an epistemology (a way of seeing the world not encumbered with normative rationales, explanations, and logic) and (2) it s the notion that an idea is a way of acting in the world burdened with the responsibility to solve problems (technical, social, political, etc.). [Thomas Mayne]
Design is optimization. [engineering] Design research is patternfinding; designing is patternapplying. [Christopher Alexander] Design is problem solving. [cognitive science] Design is evocative. Form follows function. [Louis Sullivan] The OED defines design as: Design is a reflective practice. [Donald Schon] A plan or scheme conceived in the mind and intended for subsequent execution; the preliminary conception of an idea that is to be carried into affect by action; a project. To mark out; to designate; to name. To sketch. Design is form-giving. [translation of design from Norwegian] Design is an act of individual heroic creation. [Howard Roarke in Ayn Rand s The Fountainhead] Commodity, Firmness, Delight [Vitruvius ] Design is a mode of action. [Charles Eames] Design is a social activity. Design is just one of the four creative disciplines Art Design Science Engineering Good designers copy; great designers steal. [Steve Jobs, after Pablo Picasso] Good design increases sales; great design creates market leaders. [Raymond Lowey] [Rich Gold] Design is the science of the imaginary. God is in the details. Design process: Enumerate aspects of solution space, evaluate each one. Design addresses wicked problems. [Horst Rittle] Debug this into reality. [Herbert Simon] [Ludwig Mies van der Rohe] [Zwicky, Whittle, Card] [hackers creed]
WHAT IS DESIGN?