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designer

 
Dictionary: de·sign·er   (dĭ-zī'nər) pronunciation

n.
One that produces designs: a book designer; a dress designer.

adj.
  1. Bearing the name, signature, or identifying pattern of a specific designer: designer luggage; designer clothing.
  2. Conceived or created by a designer.

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IN BRIEF: A person who creates or makes original plans.

pronunciation A designer knows he has achieved perfection, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. — Antoine de Sait-Exupery.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings
  Synonyms: interior designer, interior decorator, house decorator, room decorator, decorator

Meaning #2: someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
  Synonym: architect

Meaning #3: someone who designs clothing
  Synonyms: couturier, fashion designer, clothes designer


The adjective designer has one meaning:

Meaning #1: bearing the name of a particular designer


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A designer is a person who designs or creates something. Perhaps the broadest definition is that provided by psychologist Herbert Simon: 'Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.' [1]

As well as amateur designers, there are many professional designer occupations (see list of Examples). To become a professional designer usually requires study to degree level and certain work experience or training. Entry to some design professions is strictly controlled or limited by legal requirements, but use of the title 'designer' is generally un-regulated.

Working as a designer usually implies being creative in a particular area of expertise. Designers are usually responsible for developing the concept and making drawings or models for something new that will be made by someone else. Their work takes into consideration not only how something will look, but also how it will be used and how it will be made. There can be great differences between the working styles and principles of designers in different professions.

In the 1980s the term 'designer' began to be applied to products such as furniture and clothing that had distinctive aesthetics or were the work of certain 'signature' designers. So, for example, there were 'designer chairs' and 'designer jeans'. The term later came to be applied to anything that was ostentatiously created for a purpose, such as 'designer drugs', or even the 'designer stubble' worn by some fashionable men.

a designer is a person who designs objects.

Different types of designers include:

References

  1. ^ Simon, H. A. (1996). The Sciences of the Artificial (third ed.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (p. 111).

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - designer, konstruktør
adj. - designer-

idioms:

  • designer drug    designer drug, kunstigt lavet narkotika

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontwerper, vormgever

Français (French)
n. - (Art, Archit) dessinateur, créateur, (Comm, Ind) concepteur-projeteur, (Pub) créatif, designer, styliste, modéliste, grand couturier, (Cin, Théât) décorateur
adj. - haute couture, griffé, branché (fam)

idioms:

  • designer drug    stupéfiant à formule modifiée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Designer, Konstrukteur, Modeschöpfer
adj. - Designer...

idioms:

  • designer drug    synthetisches Rauschgift

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σχεδιαστής, τεχνικός μελετητής, εκπονητής, σκηνογράφος, σχεδιαστής ή σχεδιάστρια ενδυμάτων (κν. μοντελίστ), (ως επίθ.) (ένδυμα μαζικής παραγωγής σχεδιασμένο από) φίρμα

idioms:

  • designer drug    (φαρμακολ.) υποκατάστατο ναρκωτικού

Italiano (Italian)
progettista, sarto

idioms:

  • designer drug    droga sintetica

Português (Portuguese)
n. - designer (m), projetista (m)

idioms:

  • designer drug    droga (f) com estrutura alterada para evitar restrições legais

Русский (Russian)
дизайнер, разработчик, модельер

idioms:

  • designer drug    наркотик с измененной формулой

Español (Spanish)
n. - diseñador, delineante, modisto
adj. - de diseñador

idioms:

  • designer drug    droga de laboratorio, droga de diseño

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - designer, formgivare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
设计者, 时装设计师, 构思者, 由设计师设计的

idioms:

  • designer drug    在制造时故意有小误差的药物

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 設計者, 時裝設計師, 構思者
adj. - 由設計師設計的

idioms:

  • designer drug    在製造時故意有小誤差的藥物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 설계가, 모자
adj. - 유명 디자이너에 의한

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - デザイナー, 設計者

idioms:

  • designer drug    偽造薬

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المصمم, شخص وظيفته تصميم الأشياء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מעצב, מתכנן, משרטט, שרטט‬
adj. - ‮מעצב, מתכנן, משרטט‬


 
 
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