Nov 11, 2020 | by Budi Tanrim

Don't confuse design with artifacts

The app you use, the microwave you use, the smartphone you interact with, the chair you sit on.

They are not design; instead, they are artifacts.

Design is an activity to plan – which produces the artifacts as the output.

Maybe we should call ourselves a product planner instead of a product designer.

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