Dear Eduardo,
You are asking a lexicographic question to a list of designers. If you really want an answer to questions on language usage, you should ask language experts.
People on a list such as this can tell you how each of uses words or intends to use them. Your question is not, “How do list members differ between the words ‘project’ and ‘design’?” You are asking about English-language usage: “in English nowadays, what is the difference between the meaning of ‘Project' and the meaning of ‘Design’?”
This is not an effort on my part to answer the question. To state my views would require an informed research paper, and I don’t have the time that this would require. Rather than enter an endless series of opinions, I’d propose that you start with a standard work on contemporary English-language usage if you want the answer to the specific question you asked.
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary at the on-line edition of Britannica provides this information:
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Project (noun)
Pronunciation:\ˈprä-ˌjekt, -jikt also ˈprō-\ Function:noun Etymology:Middle English projecte, from Medieval Latin projectum, from Latin, neuter of projectus, past participle of proicere to throw forward, from pro- + jacere to throw — more at JET Date:15th century
1: :a specific plan or design :SCHEME 2: obsolete: :IDEA 3: :a planned undertaking: as a: :a definitely formulated piece of research b: :a large usually government-supported undertaking c: :a task or problem engaged in usually by a group of students to supplement and apply classroom studies 4: :a usually public housing development consisting of houses or apartments built and arranged according to a single plan synonyms see PLAN
Project: verb
Main Entry:pro*ject Pronunciation:\prə-ˈjekt\ Function:verb Etymology:Anglo-French projecter, from Latin projectus, past participle Date:15th century
transitive verb 1 a: :to devise in the mind :DESIGN b: :to plan, figure, or estimate for the future 2: :to throw or cast forward :THRUST 3: :to put or set forth :present for consideration 4: :to cause to jut out 5: :to cause (light or shadow) to fall into space or (an image) to fall on a surface 6: :to reproduce (as a point, line, or area) on a surface by motion in a prescribed direction 7: :to display outwardly especially to an audience 8: :to attribute (one's own ideas, feelings, or characteristics) to other people or to objects <a nation is an entity on which one can project many of the worst of one's instincts — Times Literary Supplement>
intransitive verb 1: :to jut out :PROTRUDE 2 a: :to come across vividly :give an impression b: :to make oneself heard clearly
— pro*ject*able \-ˈjek-tə-bəl\ adjective
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Design (verb)
Main Entry:de*sign Pronunciation:\di-ˈzīn\ Function:verb Etymology:Middle English, to outline, indicate, mean, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French designer to designate, from Medieval Latin designare, from Latin, to mark out, from de- + signare to mark — more at SIGN Date:14th century
transitive verb 1: :to create, fashion, execute, or construct according to plan :DEVISE, CONTRIVE 2 a: :to conceive and plan out in the mind <he designed the perfect crime> b: :to have as a purpose :INTEND <she designed to excel in her studies> c: :to devise for a specific function or end <a book designed primarily as a college textbook> 3: archaic: :to indicate with a distinctive mark, sign, or name 4 a: :to make a drawing, pattern, or sketch of b: :to draw the plans for <design a building>
intransitive verb 1: :to conceive or execute a plan 2: :to draw, lay out, or prepare a design — de*sign*ed*ly \-ˈzī-nəd-lē\ adverb
Design (noun)
Main Entry:design Function:noun Date:1569 1 a: :a particular purpose held in view by an individual or group <he has ambitious designs for his son> b: :deliberate purposive planning <more by accident than design> 2: :a mental project or scheme in which means to an end are laid down 3 a: :a deliberate undercover project or scheme :PLOT b: plural: :aggressive or evil intent used with on or against <he has designs on the money> 4: :a preliminary sketch or outline showing the main features of something to be executed <the design for the new stadium> 5 a: :an underlying scheme that governs functioning, developing, or unfolding :PATTERN, MOTIF <the general design of the epic> b: :a plan or protocol for carrying out or accomplishing something (as a scientific experiment) ; also :the process of preparing this 6: :the arrangement of elements or details in a product or work of art
7: :a decorative pattern <a floral design> 8: :the creative art of executing aesthetic or functional DESIGNS synonyms see INTENTION, PLAN
Naturally, the Oxford English Dictionary offers deeper and more extensive definitions with many usage exemplars. It will take more work to transcribe and reformat the entries than I can give it at present. Since OED is accessible to everyone with a research library digital resource collection, those who are interested can look for the relevant definitions and exemplars.
And please trim the needless tails on your posts. Your reply to Fil carried Gunnar’s sig and *four* footers.
Yours,
Ken
Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS | Editor-in-Chief | 设计 She Ji. The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation | Published by Tongji University in Cooperation with Elsevier | URL: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/she-ji-the-journal-of-design-economics-and-innovation/
Chair Professor of Design Innovation Studies | College of Design and Innovation | Tongji University | Shanghai, China ||| University Distinguished Professor | Centre for Design Innovation | Swinburne University of Technology | Melbourne, Australia
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