"Design is an activity aimed at conceiving new or revised products which a) meet a need or solve a problem and b) are formed in a manner such that they have at least a minimum level of aesthetic appeal."
I have got the problem solving bit in, the aesthetic bit in and have excluded planners and engineers and artists. What is the minimum level of aesthetic appeal? I need a new sentence for that. But perhaps the word "appeal" is a good test.
I wanted to use Mads Nygaard Folkmann´s concept of "surplus of meaning" but I could not get it to fit into a snappy definition.
https://www.saxo.com/dk/the-aesthetics-of-imagination-in-design_mads-nygaard-folkmann_hardback_9780262019064
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Dear all,
I've just finished writing an essay in which I used the following definition of design; I admit it's somewhat awkwardly phrased, but for what it's worth:
"Design is the form of human intelligence (materialised in a set of
disciplines) that creates the artefacts that shape the artificial world in which people live."
This definition presupposes a broad understanding of artefact to include non-material creations.
All the best,
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João Ferreira
REDES - Research & Education in Design
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Arquitetura, CIAUD
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