Design, usually considered in the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture, and other such creative endeavours, is used as both a noun and a verb. "Design" as a verb refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a new object (machine, building, product, etc.). As a noun, "design" is used both for the final plan or proposal (a drawing, model, or other description), or the result of implementing that plan or proposal (the object produced).

Designing normally requires considering aesthetic, functional, and many other aspects of an object, which usually requires considerable research, thought, modeling, iterative adjustment, and re-design.

Design as a process can take many forms depending on the object being designed and the individual or individuals participating.

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Google Launches 'Chrome' Web Browser
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0400
Internet search giant Google unveiled Chrome, a new piece of Web browser software on Tuesday. Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of SearchEngineLand.com, explains what Google's open-source browser can do, and why a search engine leader wants to get into the Web software market.

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Katie Couric tests the waters with live webcasts
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700
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Electronic Arts spawns Spore -- which may be a benevolent god
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The unconventional video game could usher in a new golden age for the once undisputed industry giant, which has slipped in recent years. Spore lets people play god, tinker with a digital primordial soup and birth civilizations that conquer galaxies.
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Wilmington, N.C., which is scheduled to make the switch Monday, is in Hanna's path. Rumbling toward the Carolina coast, Tropical Storm Hanna may force the delay of the nation's first test of the digital television conversion.

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