combinations, dictionary, emblems

We have taken entries in the Oxford English Dictionary for "design" as noun and verb — both definitions and historical instances of usage — and combined these with imagery of our choosing to explore the senses of design. We also considered Vilém Flusser (1920-1991), his essay "About the Word Design," in The Shape of Things: A Philosophy of Design (1999). Our emblematic results are viewable here.

In our discussion of the combinatorial nature of design, we stumbled onto the idea of juggling as an art. Michael Moschen came up, and we looked at some of a presentation at TED in 2002 Juggling rhythm and motion. Also see his beautiful video on juggling one crystal ball.