It is so much fun to start a thread on this list and then see how it
wanders hither and thither.
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I am NOT (and am not) interested in defining design or deciding what is or
is not a part of Design.
I was simply concerned with the fact that many people (Lay folks and
professional designers alike), believe that Design is one thing, and so
they make pronouncements about "design" that are false for many of the
legitimate areas of design.
I was wondering if there was some other word (or phrases) we could use to
describe what we do that would avoid this false over-simplifications.
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the best suggestion I have heard is always to use adjectives to specify the
area of concern.
- Fashion design
- Automobile styling (or design)
- Interaction design
- Industrial Design
- Typography
- Graphic design
- Communication design
- service design
- x design ( chose your own adjective. X = hair, clothing, interior,
landscape, traffic signals, automation, machines for killing people,
clothing, ice cream, ... )
Eh?
Don
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