Design means a detailed plan that is used to structure the fundamental elements of something to make it functional.
Culture is knowledge and the collection of arts, literature, music and activates all performed by a population
Language is speech or any form of communication used to exhibit and share ideas, emotions or thoughts with others.
I don’t believe that any of the three things could exist without the others. There would be no concept of design if there were no culture for it to be inspired by. Cultures are formed by their languages; be it words, dance, mathematical equations or grunting and groaning. Language is all about design. Words are designed to make since. Each letter has a place, every math equation has an equal sign at the end, a dancers every movement is there for a reason.
The design of the written word is the most basic form of how all of these come together. A culture comes together to form a language, deciding what means what and how to put a series of sounds together to make a word. That word is then written down; whether it be the markings that make up Cuneiform, “i” before “e” except after “c” in English or the placement of an “ñ” in Spanish. They all are not only functional, but it is also about esthetics. Every word has a look, and when we write them down we can tell just by looking at it if it is right or not. How many times have one of us written something down, only to stop and look at it and say “that doesn’t look right”. We may not be sure the correct way to spell it, but we can tell just from the way the letters look next to one another that it isn’t right.
Culture is knowledge and the collection of arts, literature, music and activates all performed by a population
Language is speech or any form of communication used to exhibit and share ideas, emotions or thoughts with others.
I don’t believe that any of the three things could exist without the others. There would be no concept of design if there were no culture for it to be inspired by. Cultures are formed by their languages; be it words, dance, mathematical equations or grunting and groaning. Language is all about design. Words are designed to make since. Each letter has a place, every math equation has an equal sign at the end, a dancers every movement is there for a reason.
The design of the written word is the most basic form of how all of these come together. A culture comes together to form a language, deciding what means what and how to put a series of sounds together to make a word. That word is then written down; whether it be the markings that make up Cuneiform, “i” before “e” except after “c” in English or the placement of an “ñ” in Spanish. They all are not only functional, but it is also about esthetics. Every word has a look, and when we write them down we can tell just by looking at it if it is right or not. How many times have one of us written something down, only to stop and look at it and say “that doesn’t look right”. We may not be sure the correct way to spell it, but we can tell just from the way the letters look next to one another that it isn’t right.
I like how you discuss the design of words from a different perspective. I've always pictures the design of words as the design of letters or what particular type was used. I've never though that the order of letters in creating a word is also a use of design. Your entry made me also think about how when a single ward is written multiple times on a piece of paper and how it starts to look strange. Why is this? This also has to do with the design of the word. Very interesting!
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