Design is the creation of a
plan or
convention for the construction of an object or a system (as in
architectural blueprints,
engineering drawing,
business process,
circuit diagrams and
sewing patterns).
[1] Design has different connotations in different fields (see
design disciplines below). In some cases the direct construction of an object (as in
pottery,
engineering,
management,
cowboy coding and
graphic design) is also considered to be design.
More formally design has been defined as follows.
- (noun) a specification of an object, manifested by an agent, intended to accomplish goals, in a particular environment, using a set of primitive components, satisfying a set of requirements, subject to constraints;
- (verb, transitive) to create a design, in an environment (where the designer operates)[2]
Another definition for design is
a roadmap or a strategic approach
for someone to achieve a unique expectation. It defines the
specifications, plans, parameters, costs, activities, processes and how
and what to do within legal, political, social, environmental, safety
and economic constraints in achieving that objective.[3]
Here, a "specification" can be manifested as either a plan or a
finished product, and "primitives" are the elements from which the
design object is composed.
With such a broad denotation, there is no
universal language or
unifying institution for designers of all disciplines. This allows for many differing philosophies and approaches toward the subject (see
Philosophies and studies of design, below).
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