Designism

“To see the practice of design as having social meaning is not a new idea; it dates back to the advent of modernism. What’s different today is that the focus is about changing the face of society.” — Milton Glaser

On September 21st, 2006 a panel discussion was held at New York's Art Directors Club with participants Milton Glaser, George Lois, Tony Hendra, Kurt Andersen, James Victore and Jessica Helfand, along with moderator Steven Heller and event creator Brian Collins.

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"The Design Encyclopedia is a user-built source of reference material with the sole intention of defining, describing, chronicling and documenting the world through design in all its implications and manifestations – from the visual to the tactile, from the communicative to the evocative, from the cultural to the commercial. Most everything – from cars to burgers to movies – can be dissected by its design application, use and history.

With each entry the design encyclopedia will place common topics, artifacts, events, cities and more within the scope and context of design in order to showcase the influence that design, designers and the designed have in shaping the environments that we inhabit, the tools that we employ and, even, the experiences that we live."