What is Design? This is a term that many people may have hard time defining. It is also a question that can be explained with variety of answers such as design is a process, design is how something works, or design is a visual communication. From my perspective, design is a way of communication for people to transform their ideas or feelings into spectrums of concrete objects. The process of design and the actual design object represents exchanges of information through behavior and sign. Design maybe similar to languages, but it is a designers’ language that we do not have to learn in order to understand it. Every design depends on the designer, or the creators. Each design has its own way of conveying messages to others. Design is a widely understandable language, which one can use everywhere around the world. Designers create designs from what they have absorbed or discovered through their eyes, and exhibit the information and message in forms that others can understand. We do not have to know a certain language to understand design, so there are no doubts that design is the most extensive form of communication.
Furthermore, although design is a way to communicate with people, due to different backgrounds that a person came from, the message from a design may be view differently by different individuals.
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For example, this decoration made from seashells, for me, is a very common home decoration because I grew up in a home that is fill with seashell decoration. However, for someone who came from a different surrounding, they may portray this decoration as an expensive decoration sold in malls.
We are surrounded by many designs; for example, whether the no picture taking signs in museums or the no smoking sign in the restaurant. It is a simple design that can easily convey the correct message between the audience and the designer.
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Looking at the photograph above. A simple message is send to the audience by the photographer. A photograph that contains a camera and a strip of film made into a heart shape reveals that the photographer maybe trying to show his or her love for photography.
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