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design

Creation of a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system; process of creation; act of creativity and innovation

Conceptfield of study field of work academic disciplineQ82604

Also known as styling · planning · plan

Instance of: field of study
, field of work
, academic discipline
+3 more
Subclass of: activity
, planned process
, design
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2023-07-23
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Part of: built environment and design studies

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A design is the concept or proposal for an object, process, or system. The word design refers to something that is or has been intentionally created by a thinking agent, and is sometimes used to refer to the inherent nature of something – its design. The verb to design expresses the process of developing a design. In some cases, the direct construction of an object without an explicit prior plan may also be considered to be a design, such as in arts and crafts. A design is expected to have a purpose within a specific context, typically aiming to satisfy certain goals and constraints while taking into account aesthetic, functional and experiential considerations. Traditional examples of designs are architectural and engineering drawings, circuit diagrams, sewing patterns, and less tangible artefacts such as business process models.

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95 statements · 12% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Said to be the same as: design
Wikimedia outline: outline of design
Practiced by: designer
design consultant
Has characteristic: design pattern
Studied by: design research
design studies
Has use: new product development
artistic creation
entrepreneurship
Uses: ideation
design thinking
design process
design method
Different from: design criterion used: process different from product
Design criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: Design
Product or material produced: design
specification
Social media followers: 2,446,437(May 23, 2023) subreddit: design
1,752,881(May 23, 2023) subreddit: designporn

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