Comments on: The Rise of Social Design http://blog.dcenterbaltimore.com/2009/08/10/the-rise-of-social-design/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:14:30 -0700 hourly 1 By: Fred Scharmen http://blog.dcenterbaltimore.com/2009/08/10/the-rise-of-social-design/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Fred Scharmen Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:23:59 +0000 http://blog.dcenterbaltimore.com/?p=136#comment-17 I always think that as designers, we love to have new givens to deal with and play off; new rules for new games. I don't see this as necessarily expanding the definition of "design", either. Think of the alternative usages of the word, as in "to have designs on something", and even of the way designers use the word "scheme", as in "Scheme A", "Scheme B", etc. We just need to shift the negative emphasis of these words to the positive. We need to use our schemes and design for good instead of evil. I always think that as designers, we love to have new givens to deal with and play off; new rules for new games.

I don’t see this as necessarily expanding the definition of “design”, either. Think of the alternative usages of the word, as in “to have designs on something”, and even of the way designers use the word “scheme”, as in “Scheme A”, “Scheme B”, etc. We just need to shift the negative emphasis of these words to the positive.

We need to use our schemes and design for good instead of evil.

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