Decor and Design

Usually considered in the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture, and other such creative endeavours, "design" is used as both a noun and a verb. "Design" as a verb refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a new object (machine, building, product, etc.). As a noun, "design" is used both for the final plan or proposal (a drawing, model, or other description), or the result of implementing that plan or proposal (the object produced).

Designing normally requires considering aesthetic, functional, and many other aspects of an object, which usually requires considerable research, thought, modelling, iterative adjustment, and re-design.

Design as a process can take many forms depending on the object being designed and the individual or individuals participating.

In philosophy, the abstract noun "design" refers to pattern, or to purpose/purposefulness (or teleology). Design is thus contrasted with purposelessness, randomness, or lack of complexity.

See also

• Architecture
• Automotive design
• Combinatorial design theory concerns the existence and construction of set systems that have specified numerical properties
• Communication design
• Computer-aided design covers drafting and other forms of modelling.
• Critical design
• Design classic
• Design of experiments
• Design research seeks to understand design in all its many fields.
• Environmental design and Green design
• Error-tolerant design
• Fault tolerant design
• Fashion design
• Game design
• Garden design
• Graphic design
• Inclusive design
• Industrial design
• Information design
• Instructional design
• Intelligent design is a Creationism theory.
• Interaction design examines the role of embedded behaviour in human environments.
• Interior design
• Landscape architecture
• New product development
• Packaging design
• Participatory design actively involves the users in the design process.
• Service design
• Software development
• System design
• Theatrical design
• Universal design
• Web design
• Wicked problems (includes economic, environmental, and political issues)