Hello Terry, Amanda, Klaus, Pradeep, and everyone else!
While talking about "contract" and "design", yes, we do usually consider
the immediate market agreement between the designer and the one who
commissioned him/her for a monetary fee.
I think, however, that we should also extend the concept to the tacit
social agreement between the designer and the society of all users, whom
the output design is intended for. This evident "contrat social" is
becoming more and more obvious these days (co-design, experience design,
user oriented design, etc.) than it used to be previously. Therefore,
Terry's proposal seems to me even more appropriate and timely, and it
begs for further research.
Thanks, Terry, for the insight!
Francois
Montreal
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