Design means to create, fashion, execute, or construct according to a plan. It means to devise or contrive. Design also means to conceive and plan out in the mind as in “He designed the perfect crime." A design will have a purpose. A design will have a specific function or end use.
The skill of design involves skill and imagination. It requires creativity and the will to implement it. A design can be a physical object or it could be a plan with no physical substance.
When we look back on human history, one of the defining factors for our success as a species is related to our ability to work together. Our capacity to put aside our self-interests and collaborate toward a common good allows humans to make incredible strides that no single individual could achieve. This relates to design in a very profound way. More complex designs require collaboration and collaboration on the design of something breaks through limiting factors that may be associated with one designer.
For designers, collaboration provides a creative boost through the shared brain power and experiences of clients and audiences.
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