Design

When you hear "design", what do you think about?

— Industrial design (eletronics, machinery)
— Interior design (furniture)
— Web / App design
— Other (systems, sound, games, architecture...)

I'm often surprised at the results of this conversation

I like to think about design from the broadest and most abstract point of view. For me practically everything that surrounds us has a design and someone has been part of the decisions of its form or its motives, whether good or bad...

Designing /brand3 strategies at /floc | /degen logo creator | nf.td/esdotge

When I took a course on philosophy and design the ultimate goal was to create a synthetic definition of design. 

Almost everyone said that design is problem solving. 

But our professor said that solving problems didn't have to be design...

A philosopher who was invited to the course concluded that to design was to impoverish the world. 

I argue that of all the solutions and possibilities that exist, we, the designers, are eliminating options and selecting a final minimum.

This reflection always resonates in my head. And the truth is that he is right. I even related it to the sculptor who removes pieces of marble until he reaches the final piece of art...