Definitions of design on the Web:

• the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument"
• plan: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
• design something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work"
• an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests"
• create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner; "Chanel designed the famous suit"
• blueprint: something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"
• a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
• make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"
• purpose: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"
• create designs; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel"
• conceive or fashion in the mind; invent; "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day"
• a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; "the design of a building"
• invention: the creation of something in the mind
• intend or have as a purpose; "She designed to go far in the world of business"
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  Design, usually considered in the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture, and other such creative endeavors, is used both as a noun and a verb. As a verb, "to design" refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a product, structure, or component. ...
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design

  Both the process and the result of structuring the elements of visual form; composition.
  www.yannisstavrou.gr/art-glossary.htm

  The plan, conception, or organization of a work of art; the arrangement of independent parts (the elements of art) to form a coordinated whole.
  www.kn.att.com/wired/art2/guide/glossary.html

  plan, organization, or arrangement of elements in a work of art.
  www.ket.org/artstoolkit/visual/glossary.htm

  The decorative composition printed onto wallpaper. The recurring design elements determine the vertical and horizontal repeats within a wallpaper.
  homegarden.move.com/HomeGarden/HomeImprovement/Tools/Glossary/CRHO_D.asp

  A framework or scheme of construction on which artists base the nature of their total work. In a broader sense, design may be considered synonymous with the term "form".
  www.khsd.k12.ca.us/bhs/Perry/art vocabulary.htm

  Layout, selection of font and font size and typesetting of a book. See Cover Design.
  www.iuniverse.com/how-we-work/terms.htm

  to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object or work of art
  www.millicentrogers.org/glossary.htm

  An activity during which decisions are made about the geographic placement of and interaction between natural resources (eg, topography, vegetation) and built elements (eg, buildings, roads) in a specific area. ...
  0-www.cdc.gov.mill1.sjlibrary.org/healthyplaces/terminology.htm

  website structure and template webpages
  eis.bris.ac.uk/~cckhrb/webdev/concept/concept.htm

  The presentation of a media form showing the general look of the layout, colour etc to indicate how the final product will appear. (Source: IDM Marketing Guide 2006)
  www.theidm.com/index.cfm