Yesterday one of my colleagues said that, when solving a problem, the response 
IS the design. (That is, Response and Design are interchangeable synonyms.)

Really: Response = Design and Design = Response? Isn't it that Design 
_leads_to_ the Response?

In my view, Design requires analysis and method. In some cases, it may _appear_ 
that Design = Response if an experienced practitioners very quickly solves a 
problem. [By comparison, an inexperienced designer who responds from the gut 
has not "designed" anything, in my view; they've merely responded.] Is it 
Design when an experienced designer applies a pattern -- a Response -- to 
another pattern -- a Problem -- to create a Response? Do you agree that Design 
requires deliberate, conscious analysis and the use of specific methods? When 
an experienced designer shortcuts those methods by using an 
experienced-based-pattern response, is that still design?

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