Design

what is design?
there are several definitions for design: 

1. A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made.

2. A decorative pattern.

3. Purpose or planning that exists behind an action, fact, or object

4. Decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it

In today's society the term design is widely associated with applied arts, this is partly because both cover a large list of applications muddling the boundaries between the two and making them blurred.

Whilst researching design I came across this RSA talk from Alice Rawsthorn discussing design and its powerful and persuasive influence over our lives.
     https://www.thersa.org/discover/audio/2013/03/design-and-society/
     http://rsalive.blob.core.windows.net/mp3s/20130318AliceRawsthorn.mp3
In this talk Alice mentions about how designers have a responsibility to use design to do good due to its large effects over all of us and how society doesn't always realise the impact it is having on us.

What is a designer?

Traditionally design consisted of three main areas which were, Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture and these areas were know as the major arts.
Today these classical areas have undergone development and have become subdivided into many more areas of specialist and refined study.