According to these readings, design is a way to create and form, a question to be answered or solved, as well as a means to deceive. Though these definitions sound vastly different, they are still closely related to one another, as design can be described as the process of creating a deception in order to solve a problem. As mentioned in the reading, the design may be a lever, that is created to deceive gravity in order to solve the problem of lifting a weight. However, because design has many different meanings, the definition is bound to be interpreted in many different way by many different people, who may think design is just the process of creating, or who think design is just solving a problem, or some who think both or neither of those things. These different views in perception allow one to govern what they consider to be design, and may exclude one design that another would include. For example, one who is in agreement with Adolf Loos may see the worth of an object tied to it’s usefulness, and see it’s efficiency as good design, while another may see the worth of an object tied to it’s aesthetic value, and others still who consider both or neither.

In order to better prepare myself for creating aesthetic objects and ideas, I believe I need to have a better understanding of design as a more static concept. I tend to see everything as design in one way or another, which prevents me from thinking about design in a more informed, narrow view in order to see it more critically on why exactly a specific thing is considered design. In order to practice my creative muscle, I look at the work of other artists and try to understand what makes their work an excellent or poor example of design. I experiment with new ideas, but also allow myself to play around with no end goal in mind in order to discover something new without limiting myself to a goal that must be met. In order to exercise my creativity I plan rough drafts to get a feel for what I want to work with, and rationalize why or why not an idea is a poor, good, better, or best idea. I view my creativity, almost ironically, as a very technical skill that I treat almost like a formula, though I’m aware that creativity is far from that of a formula, thinking in that way allows me to think through my ideas step by step rather than messily and spontaneously.