To all these ... What is design?

The design is defined as the previous process of mental configuration, "foreshadowing" in the search for a solution in any field. Commonly used in the context of the industry, engineering, architecture, communication and other creative disciplines; Etymologically derived from the Italian term disegno drawing, design, signare, marked "the end", the future vision of the future represented graphically,

Any types:

Industrial design.
It is responsible for generating strategies and set the shape of objects.

Graphic design.
It specializes in printing processes, illustration, editorial and gives great importance to the communicative aspects of the forms that are visually perceived.

Urban design.
Seeks to meet space requirements that are collective in nature, include the system of coexistence, politics, public administration, because the materials used are not only construction but also the financial resources, the laws and activity of society particularly in urban life.

Interior design.
Seeks to build a world within structures where space and light follow geometric, mechanical or optical laws to carry out a natural order. This is accomplished by projecting a small scale, defining the environment.