Back in June there was a conversation on this list about a definition of design. I gave up quickly because I found that I wanted to draw my answers more than type them. I've put a Flash movie at http://gunnarswanson.com/definedesign/ that lays out some ideas and questions on the subject. It's a glorified slide show that shows some diagrams and also uses some of my design projects to question my (and others') notions of what design is about. (The first ten minutes are the part that is most directly relevant to the June discussion.)
It's a fairly big download. It takes a couple of minutes on my cable modem/WiFi. It also occupies a fair amount of screen real estate. Don't think that your iPhone (or even a very small laptop) is going to show you the whole thing. There are controls in the lower right to move back one segment (or multiple segments with multiple clicks), back to the start of the present segment, pause, and move ahead one segment (or multiple segments with multiple clicks.)
Sometime soon I'll get around to putting a blog on my site. In the mean time, I hope my effort gets some challenges here.
Gunnar
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