oa Introduction: the design concept - anything, everything, something or nothing

This volume of Artifact explores the design concept. It is concerned with the differences and similarities that exist in the various interpretations of design. The effort is not to try to define the concept or to state what is right or wrong in the confusing jungle of interpretations; rather this is an effort to understand some of the ways in which the concept is used, and what this means for the praxis of designers and the development of the field of design in its widespread forms (excerpt).