Design as a process can take many forms depending on the object
being designed and the individual or individuals participating.
The design of complex systems is sometimes called architecture
or landscape architecture. Large groups of people often
participate in design charrettes, while smaller groups can work
in sub-groups to accomplish specific tasks. In the context of
the applied arts, engineering, architecture and other such
creative endeavours, design is both a noun and a verb. Design in
its verb context is the process of originating and developing a
plan for an aesthetic and functional object, which usually
requires considerable research, thought, modelling, iterative
adjustment and re-design. As a noun design is used both for the
final plan of action (a drawing, model or other description), or
the result of following that plan of action (the object
produced). In philosophy, the abstract noun design refers to
purpose/purposefulness, or teleology. Design is thus contrasted
with purposelessness, randomness