design : Idioms & Phrases
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Arts of design
- those into which the designing of artistic forms and figures enters as a principal part, as architecture, painting, engraving, sculpture.
Webster 1913
by design
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adverb with intention; in an intentional manner
designedly; advisedly; on purpose; by choice; intentionally; deliberately; purposely.
- he used that word intentionally
- I did this by choice
WordNet
computer-aided design
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noun software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing
CAD.
WordNet
design criteria
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noun criteria that designers should meet in designing some system or device
- the job specifications summarized the design criteria
WordNet
Design for
- to intend to go to. Obs. "From this city she designed for Collin [Cologne]."
Webster 1913
graphic design
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noun visual communication by a skillful combination of text and pictures in advertisements, magazines, books, etc.
WordNet
interior design
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noun the trade of planning the layout and furnishings of an architectural interior
interior decoration.
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noun the branch of architecture dealing with the selection and organization of furnishings for an architectural interior
WordNet
School of design
- one in which are taught the invention and delineation of artistic or decorative figures, patterns, and the like.
