Design, Culture, and Language

1.) Design—Design is a verb and a noun. It describes a field in which people create things in every spectrum from art to physics. It also describes a process in which everything man-made isn't just made but "designed" to fit certain standards and to get the optimum performance or outcome intended. These man-made things not only include physical constructions, but also abstract ideas.

2.) Culture—Culture, to me, describes certain norms that a collective body of people or community developed overtime. These norms can range from traditions to everyday living. Every community has developed their own culture overtime and continues to evolve with the generations.

3.) Language— Language does not just have to deal with words and grammar used by a collective body of people but also how people develop ways to communicate with each other in ways they can relate to. For example, the language of the computer programming world is binary code whilst the language of the music world is notes, tones, chords, etc.

These three all influence one another quite often. Language in a community can be developed because of the culture that is present. In this case the language in the culture is "designed" to accomodate their needs for communication ( culture+design=language). Likewise, culture and language can influence how everything is designed in that culture. For example, here in Tucson we have developed a culture that is described as "southwestern." Many homes here are designed to look like old-style adobes or have a very rustic/desert look to them. These stylistic approaches are the language of this culture speaking out.