The design is defined as the previous process of mental configuration, "prefiguration", in the search for a solution in any field. Commonly used in the context of industry, engineering, architecture, communication and other creative disciplines.
Etymologically it derives from the Italian term disegno drawing, design, signare, signed "what is to come", the future vision represented graphically of the future, what is done is the work, what to do is the project, the act of designing as prefiguration is the previous process in the search for a solution or set of them. Plasma the thought of the solution or alternatives through sketches, drawings, sketches or diagrams drawn on any of the supports