IND 317 Lecture 1: 1.Design&ContextNotes.docx
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Design and context: design is basically a black hole where anything can fit into it, design is a human activity. Some people are better designers than others: a child doing simple drawing or painting is called designing, design is a universal activity, the native americans are designers as well. Design makes it possible to transform the natural world into the artificial. Defining design: our could describe design as a plan for arranging elements to accomplish a particular purpose. charles eames, design is the conscious exploring of potential futures. martin. Ludvigsen: anyone designs who devises a course of action aimed at changing an existing situation into a preferred one. herbert simon. Context is another black hole: place, time, people, culture could be used in place of context. Context: place could be found in the urban context. Places are interconnected but not the same: time. Not exactly related to a specific era.
