Design Disciplines and Approaches

•     Applied arts
•     Architecture
•     Communication design
•     Engineering design
•     Fashion design
•     Game design
•     Graphic design
•     Information Architecture
•     Industrial design
•     Instructional design
•     Interaction design
•     Interior design
•     Landscape architecture
•     Lighting design
•     Military Design Methodology[26]
•     Product design
•     Process design
•     Service design
•     Software design
•     Web design
•     Urban design
•     Visual design

Some popular approaches include:

•     KISS principle, (Keep it Simple Stupid), which strives to eliminate unnecessary complications.
•     There is more than one way to do it (TIMTOWTDI), a philosophy to allow multiple methods of doing the same thing.
•     Use-centered design, which focuses on the goals and tasks associated with the use of the artifact, rather than focusing on the end user.
•     User-centered design, which focuses on the needs, wants, and limitations of the end user of the designed artifact.
•     Critical design uses designed artifacts as an embodied critique or commentary on existing values, morals, and practices in a culture.
•     Service design designing or organizing the experience around a product, the service associated with a product's use.
•     Transgenerational design, the practice of making products and environments compatible with those physical and sensory impairments associated with human aging and which limit major activities of daily living.
•     Speculative design, the speculative design process doesn’t necessarily define a specific problem to solve, but establishes a provocative starting point from which a design process emerges. The result is an evolution of fluctuating iteration and reflection using designed objects to provoke questions and stimulate discussion in academic and research settings