Reflection to Reading #1

The concept that stuck out to me the most was the fact that design is everywhere and our lives revolve around design more than we think. Design is more than just an attractive surface; it goes deep enough to the point where lives can be altered by good design. Another discussion that stood out to me was when the author said that design could not be defined. Although there are many designers in the world and many people interested in design, it means something different to each one of them. Since design is highly variable, it sometimes makes it different for people to pinpoint what design actually is. Finally, in the section of the last book in the reading assignment, I really enjoyed how the author splits design into categories to help pinpoint some of the ways design is effective: design as applied creativity, design as problem solving, design as learning, design as evolution, design as a social process, and design as a game. It was interesting to see that although design cannot be well-defined, there are still aspects of it that seem to come before others to different people.