Definition+of+Design


 * Here we can revise our definition of Design or use other [|definitions] **
 * Critical thinking and solving problem are basic principles in design. [|Burnette]`s**
 * appreciation of popular architecture goes beyond the strictly rational and**
 * scientific understanding of architecture and design.**


 * I want to go for an interpretation of the word design that I use in my**
 * program. It is based in meaning of the verb to design.**
 * De-sign in english, de-sinne in french, di-segno in italian and spanish are**
 * interesting words.**
 * I am not for the nominalist approach on things, but it is important to**
 * recognize the value and presence of the word "sign", which necessarily take**
 * us to the semiotic approach and recent cognitive theories. The ideas of the**
 * north american philosopher [|Charles S. Peirce] (1839-1914) in semiotics are**
 * great. One of his writings, Man, a Sign, gives good clues.**


 * The meaning of the word design becomes, "about the signs". Is much more than**
 * drawing and fashion. Indeed our drawings and models are signs we produce to**
 * describe and communicate our perception of reality, in order to transform**
 * it. So, to design is to think......**
 * And the great thing about it, is that design in not just a logical, but a**
 * sensitive process of knowledge, that involves many issues that go from**
 * social, political and even economical contents, to scientific and artistic**
 * ones too.**
 * There is another interesting book on it: [|Design as a Catalyst for Learning]**
 * (Davies, Hawley, McMullan, Spilka)**


 * Antonio Manrique, Columbia**
 * Taken from a Smartgroup discussion (2006)**