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November 28, 2011
Design is only one part of the puzzle: savor the discussion, development, debate, and dissemination of your work just as much as the making of it.
Source: Rob Giampietro on Design, Writing, and Pedagogy
Via: Thought You Should See This
Labels: Defining Design
October 11, 2009
Design is a pendulum that swings from then to now as designers look for inspiration in old forms and new ideas, alternately embracing and rejecting the past.
Source: (Re)make it New by William Bostwick
Labels: Defining Design
July 5, 2009
I prefer just to think of design as expression of ideas, and as language. It’s a way of experiencing the world. What I’m interested in is the idea of pleasure, desire, uselessness—of walking through the world with your eyes open. Not cause and effect, but sensation.
This is both an approach to doing work and a way of experiencing the world, designed and undesigned. It’s a liberating approach, because it removes the need to be ‘right’. It’s about looking at design in a democratic way: as something we share rather than something a few people do. A piece of design is the expression of an idea. It’s not a solution.
Source: Design is not a solution by Mark Thomson
Labels: Defining Design
March 18, 2009
From Julien van Havere, Graphic Designer
Source: Graphic Design Everyday
Labels: Defining Design
March 5, 2009
Design is about the underlying purpose and what you want to communicate. Design as decoration, or design without purpose, often hurts more than it helps.
Source: 35 Designers x 5 Questions by Smashing Magazine
Labels: Defining Design
March 4, 2009
To me, design is primarily a verb, not a noun. The interactions and conversations that guide it are very important to the final result.
Source: Coudal’s advice on How to transition from client work to products
Labels: Defining Design
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