In the Introduction portion of the reading I was most interested in the section when the Author, Karl Aspelund, asks "What then is design?" This is always a question of mine only I find myself more so asking not "What then is design?", but "What then isn't design?" Aspelund describes design as "...a plan of action, created in response to a situation or problem that needs solving." So this got me thinking that things even like our thoughts and ideas are also designed in some way shape or form. Our minds our constantly thinking about a response to a situation or a solution to a problem.
The perspective reading for the most part made me get more familiarized with the author as the narrator of this text that I will be reading for the rest of this Fall quarter. It also offered his thoughts on the design world and what design is. I thought it helped to get a point of view from the author himself, rather than just having no connection whatsoever with the person who put time and effort into organizing their thoughts and writing (as well as DESIGNING) a textbook. This felt like a breathe of fresh air compared to other textbooks I've had to read in the past where the author is nothing but a name.
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