When we unpack its current meaning, we may find that we want—and need—to retool the word yet again. It was drawing, or disegno, as deployed in the making of Italian buildings during the Renaissance, ...

This is an open source and collaborative project that aims to create a formal (and open!) Open Design Definition, a crucial and missing step towards developing all the other important aspects of Open ...

What is design? What makes it distinct from art, science, or engineering? The editors of this site decide dozens of times a day what is or isn’t “design.” But is it ultimately subjective, or can it be ...