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design

The conceptual and practical working out of the appearance of an artefact or a building, with special reference to its effective functioning and its aesthetic quality.

The term derives from the Italian word disegno, which in Renaissance art theory meant the essential idea of a work of art and the expression of that idea through drawing.
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He had, in fact, spoken contemptuously of the monumental tradesman as an "exploiter" of labor, and had asked a young working mason, a member of the International Association, to design a monument for the gratification of Jansenius.
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