what is the point of design?
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- lowimpakt
the word is being contested. can you defend it?
- PonyBoy0
to take down a sign
- monospaced0
contested? prove it
- ask 20 people "what is design?" and see what they say.lowimpakt
- lowimpakt0
can you measure design?
- its only a yes or no question, not quantifiable.Sugary
- but you could measure the efficiency of a designArvizu
- you can measure the success of it, but thats not always strictly do to the designSugary
- not everything that counts can be counted.cramdesign
- bulletfactory0
design is visual problem-solving.
- < very narrow definition. What about industrial design?ribit
- what about service design? design strategy?lowimpakt
- i'm sure it solved some problem.bulletfactory
- i was just throwing that out there... my ability to give succinct answers diminishes after a few gin and tonics.bulletfactory
- :)lowimpakt
- http://www.designers…Redmond
- lowimpakt0
if design is problem solving, and we have hundreds of thousands of designers designing everyday... do we just have lots of problems? or lots of inability to find solutions?
- dyspl0
paying my bills.
- jerseyred0
I'm going to need a 50% non-refundable deposit to answer that question and a signed work agreement
- lowimpakt0
fuck it. i'm off to bed.
- hallelujah0
no, I can't
- airey0
remove 'design' and you can install any word there you like and come up with the same question-answer. try 'life' for instance. like most things i think the meaning is a personal one for most people and is something you have to answer for yourself. for me it's the mortgage of late.
- scarabin0
if design falls in a forest, can it crap in the woods?
- scarabin0
what is the sound of one design clapping?
- Douglas0
Good new TED Talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id…
- ukit0
Being contested?
- akrokdesign0
to make a change. to make something better.