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Everything has a design, and each thing designed serves some sort of purpose. Things are designed to serve a purpose. The purpose given to something is not only a role for the designer, but also the consumer who finds personal value and purpose to fulfil their intentions. A well designed product is one that fulfils its purpose automatically. There should be no question what it is the user wants to accomplish, so there should be nothing hindering them. The design of something should be in harmony with the natural flow of one’s behavior. A well designed thing has the ability to be an extension of the user. Things like a pocket knife, a laptop, an instrument, or a vehicle can have character added to them based on how people use them. A skateboard, for example, is reflective of how the skater uses it, and the same goes with other well-designed things. Some things in life are so well designed that people dedicate their entire life into using that tool to carry out their will because it work so effectively. If it shapes to the user, works effectively, and is reliable, the designed tool can give newfound meaning to lives and shape implementation of willpower. They say a Samurai’s soul is one with his katana. A well designed thing will surpass the test of time, and can be trusted on, and can be your own.
Things are designed so that we can go about our lives fulfilling the tasks we are approached with on the regular. If there can be an easier way to do something, why not something to allow all to do said thing with ease? If anyone can do it, it can begin to be devalued. The value of the action is then associated with the item used to make it easier. The price of tools influence the price of services. Design gives forms to new ideas and a well-designed item is an attempt for users to come to terms with a new idea. It seems odd that we have many designers and people hired to make minuscule tasks easier but we still need workers to do mundane tasks. A well designed world would have automatic fast-food restaurants since everything in every restaurant only needs maybe 2 supervisors to maintain the machines. Roads should fix themselves, and cars should not need fuel, but rather just to be recharged. We have the ability to make a world full of efficacy and bounty, but our society seems to rather profit than collectively flourish. The highest paid designers design ascetically pleasing accessories. Design can help the world advance beyond imagine, but no one has seemed to design a better system for humanity to flourish together.