[Open Design] [OpenDesign] Questions about the Open Design Definition

Thu Feb 28 15:41:08 UTC 2013

On 2/28/13 5:38 PM, Dr. Peter Troxler wrote:
>> >Many many designers, authors, researchers and schools of design would reply that design is not only about the "aesthetic" side, even if there is some design that is only about "aesthetic". So probably this definition would make things easily, by complicating the discussion on another side. So again, probably it's all about deciding between design according to law or design according to designers...
> yes, please take the "aesthetic" with a pinch of salt, the more legalese "the visual design of objects that are not purely utilitarian" probaly fits the bill better, what do you think?
>

Right, so probably we should state clearly in the definition that design 
is not only about aesthetics, but currently according to law this may be 
the case. It is a so complicated issue that probably the best thing 
would be to state the problem clearly without addressing it in our effort.

Massimo

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