What is Design?

            Design is the action of bringing elements together in a thought-out manner to form an idea or object that is utilized. While this is a broad definition of the term it brings design down to its basic idea. Design is certainly a human attribute that requires cognitive thinking, the ability to plan, to bring elements together and to explain the design to fellow humans. The use of term elements is also wide reaching; the elements a designer uses can be very diverse. From tactile objects such as brick, wood or stone to the intangible colors, compilation of words or configuration of processes elements are essential for design. While any of these elements can be placed together at random a fundamental part of design is that the elements are brought together for a reason with each element working, in harmony or discord of each other. The compiled elements therefore combine a single idea, what we call design. While the design can represent multiple ideas, the culmination of elements shares a common thought. With the understanding of the common thought a society has the choice to accept the design and then put it to use as the elements and intertwined ideas dictate.