Is "design" a noun or a verb?

The word design is both a noun and a verb.

Design as a verb can be defined, in my own words, as an action involving planning and thinking of ideas, the act of creating something, and forming the structure of and object or something artistic. One can do the action of designing the layout of furniture in a room, the beginning of a film, a hairbrush, a jacket, or a drawing on a piece of paper. Design as a noun can be defined, in my own words, as the culmination of sketches, structures, and elements that make up an object or any kind of work of art. It is the final product. As a whole, design is a process and the result, or what comes out of, that process.

As I sit here in my dorm room looking at my bed with colorful designs covering it, the tapestry on my wall, the cereal box on my desk, the metallic smooth face of the microwave, I feel surrounded by the hard work of others. Sure, there are some things in my room that appear to be more artistic and designed purely for the eyes to enjoy and appreciate, but the tools and machines, lamps, logos and chairs in my room deserve more credit than they get. Designers had to use their creativity and resources to design the product and use their manual skills to actually create it. It is easy to ignore the logos on hand sanitizer bottles and tissue boxes. Many people do not see them as a piece of art like they might a painting or a drawing. However, those less obvious designed objects are still part of the design world, part of the process, and both nouns and verbs.

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