ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the nature of vernacular or blacksmith design in which making and designing are inextricably integrated. This sort of design is still very common in many parts of the world. However the professional design process grew from a form of designing called design by drawing, which broke the link between designing and making. This creates a greater perceptual span allowing for rapid innovation and adaptation to circumstances necessary in the modern world but not possible in the vernacular design process. This new way of designing does however have some drawbacks and these are discussed.
