In the readings, the authors think the role of design in society is to to bridge the gap between people and art, to inform everyday people of new information or developments taking place around them. The thing that separates design from other creative occupations is that in the design field, there are various different practices such as industrial design, engineering design, information design but they all have some overlapping design principles such as form, functionality and aesthetic.

Designer should concern themselves with hard, mind boggling theoretical questions because design is an ever changing field, and designers should not be afraid of learning new information, techniques and ideas. When it comes to technology, design has benefited from its advances. Designers are now creating content more freely and quickly. They also develop networks with other designer, where they share ideas theories and such. But with technology it may bring some issues.

Some urgent problems facing designers is making content that does not solve any issue, not just making art or design to look good. There should be a balance of function and looks. Designers should be responsible for solving these problems because design without function does not solve society communication issues and the more bad design present the bigger the issue becomes. Designers can solve this easily by knowing why they are designing something and who they are designing it for.