Design as concept -- Design as history. The Bauhaus; The Ulm School of Design; The example of Braun; From good design to the art of design -- Design and globaliztion. Great Britain; Germany (Federal Republic); German Democratic Republic; Austria; Switzerland; Italy; Spain; France; The Netherlands; Scandinavia; Denmark; Finland; Russia; North America; United States; Canada; South America; Brazil; Asia; China; Hong Kong; Japan; Korea; Singapore; Taiwan -- Design and methodology. Epistemological methods in design; Semiotics and design; Phenomenology and design; Hermeneutics and design; Developments in design methodology -- Design and theory. Aspects of a disciplinary design theory; On the communicative function of design; The formal aesthetic function of design -- The marking functions -- The symbolic functions; From product language to product semantics -- Design and its contexts. From corporate design to service design; From design management to strategic design; Architecture and design; Utopias, visions, concepts, and trends; Microelectronics and design; From the digital to the biological age.