Design's actual purpose and its true nature are evaluated in a report consisting of eight pages. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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to be understood is that design is a component of every aspect of every items that human beings use on a nearly constant basis. Whether it is the ergonomic keyboard
attached to the computer, the style of the car one drives, or the shape of a coffeemaker (and all items that fall somewhere between such objects), design exists as part
of the definition of what any particular object is. However, it should be clarified that design is "primarily an artistic activity" truly does "misrepresent the true nature and purposes of
design." Design involves many other characteristics aside from decoration or beauty. It encompasses practicality, functionality, the interface that takes place between an object and the person using it, size, comfort,
even what its user thinks about a particular object, and visual appeal. It is not decoration or embellishment, although it certainly plays a major role in those "embellishments" of life
which are primarily "decorative." However, none of this is to dismiss the idea that there is art in design. Consider the ways in which some items have endured as
supposed "design classics" -- art deco furniture, an Eames chair, Fiesta ware, even the original Volkswagen "beetle" -- are just a few well-known examples. Taken even a step further, one
need only look at his or her desk and see the shape of the Fiskars scissors, the childproof cap on the aspirin bottle, or the shape of a Sharpie pen
to see more and relatively mundane examples of the role of design and its relationship to utility in modern life. Design clearly has an impact on virtually every aspect of
modern life. In fact, it often governs whether or not a particular item is valued and used, regardless of whether or not it can be thought of as "beautiful" or