A good book on this topic is "Designerly Ways of Knowing" published by Birkhauser. It defines Design as a third discipline, distinct from Humanities (which deals with the human experience) and Science (which deals with the natural world). Design with a capital D meaning anything related to creating new things, usually with technology.
The book goes on to explain how the three disciplines differ as per the skills required to practice it: scientists need analytical thinking, designers need synthetic thinking.
You learn this by page 10. The rest of the book is just as interesting as its first chapter.
The book goes on to explain how the three disciplines differ as per the skills required to practice it: scientists need analytical thinking, designers need synthetic thinking.
You learn this by page 10. The rest of the book is just as interesting as its first chapter.