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Maggie Gram, "The Invention of Design: A Twentieth-Century History" (Basic Books, 2025)

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Design Means Many Things

Chris asks how Maggie defines 'design' and Maggie outlines multiple 20th-century meanings: drawing, beauty, function, problem-solving, human-centeredness, experience, and thinking.

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