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Don: Yes, I agree that tagging a modifier to design is probably a good way to label designy activities for the world at large. Your question did nag at the open sore in the psyche of some design researcher as to the delimitation of what we are looking into. That´s why we went off in that direction. I find my insistence on the visual is something even lay people can understand. I think it emerged from a conversation I had with an engineer and an accountant who wanted to know what the heck I did. The ironic part of the conversation was how the accountant didn´t really rate the distinction yet lives in the most designed home I know of personally, as in it looks like a boutique hotel inside and he drives a Porsche when a Renault Kangoo would serve his practical needs. Regards, Richard -----Original Message----- From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Don Norman Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 8:33 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Clarifying my request about the word "Design." (Once again It is so much fun to start a thread on this list and then see how it wanders hither and thither. --- 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. --------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------