From http://www.love.com.au/index.php/articles/22-defn-design :
> The essence is clear 'A design IS a specification'. This is a 'necessary and sufficient' definition, i.e. a design is a specification and not anything else.
>
The following story is based on true events.
The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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Mrs Speck is late for her appointment with the fortune teller, so today she won't have time to bake her scones. Her late husband was a lumberjack and had buttered scones for tea every afternoon. Mrs Speck now lives with her older sister Deidre, who is an upstanding pillar of the community, but a bit slow and also tends to forget daily chores. Mrs Speck takes a piece of paper and writes down:
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Deidre,
You will have to make the scones this time.
Get all the ingredients first:
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup milk
And then:
1. Heat oven to 425°F.
2. Put flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl; stir mix well Add butter and cut in with until the mixture looks like fine granduals.
3. Add sugar; toss to mix.
4. Add milk and stir with a fork until dough forms.
5. Form dough into a ball and turn smooth side up.
6. Pat or roll into a 6 inch circle.
7. cut each circle into 6 or 8 wedges.
8. place wedges on an ungreased cookie sheet.
9. sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on each scone.
10. Bake until medium brown on top.
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Mrs Speck leaves the note on the countertop. It's a brand new countertop: they recently remodeled the kitchen, at very affordable prices, at that "Design" warehouse (what's it called?). She's all set, and no time to lose, so sprints out the door to her appointment.
Deidre wakes up to the sound of that little bell that clings when the front door open or closes. In time she will get to the kitchen to brew her tea. She reads her sister's note and starts gathering the ingrediends for the scones. But she decides to double the amount. She jots down the new amount beside each ingredient. And now we have another problem: that brand new german-made self-cleaning oven was bought with a big discount because it is a foreign version, with that Celsius nonsense instead of proper degrees... Deidre has to resort to her math skills to make the conversion.
Later, Mrs Speck arrives from the fortune teller. She is always in a good mood after these appointments, and Deidre had done her duty. The scones look wonderful, just the right color.
The sisters are now enjoying those delicious scones when someone rings the doorbell: it's Dr Love! He says:
—Congratulations, Mrs Speck: you are a designer!
And then:
—Congratulations, Deidre: you are an engineer!
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Carlos Pires
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On 18/09/2014, at 15:21, Terence Love wrote:
> Hi Carlos,
>
> You asked,
> 'Does this mean your definition of design excludes problem setting?'
>
> Problem setting is problem setting. A design is a design.
>
> If creating a particular design requires the use of problem setting as part of the design activity, then it makes sense to include it for that design process.
>
> Is problem setting an essential element of creating a design? No.
>
> Best wishes,
> Terry
>
>
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