RR01 - Ch. 1-6

The first chapter of this book was very informative, and did a great job of setting some ground rules that John Heskett would follow for the remainder of the book. Talking about the controversy that comes with the word "design" itself, and it's many meanings. He really does a great job of describing how design means so many more meanings than the one that most people think of. And to consider it in the scientific light where it is not as open ended as in the artistic sense is a whole new way to think about it. He talks about how humans have, relatively speaking, stayed pretty much the same throughout mankind. Minus a few changes, we still all come from the same place, and inhabit the same land. This can likewise be said with design, and how from the beginning of time there has always been a use for designers. It started with the wheel, and moved on to cave paintings and clothing. From there it moved on to houses and machines. And now in this day, design truly encapsulates and consumes every little thing that humans deal with - just as it always has. Just seeing how a true designer views design is a very neat process, and is exciting to read about.