Design in Society

Design is everywhere in our society. Everywhere we look design is affecting us and we are affecting design. From the clothing we wear to the buildings that surround us all are 'designed' with a purpose or function. Once you realize what design is and how much of our society is actually designed it can almost be overwhelming and hard to decide what is and isn't design. Almost anything that is man made seems to have some designing involved. Even a blank wall has a design aspect because it probably has some kind of paint or texture applied to it to make it look good. Why is this? I think its because we as humans have a desire for things to be aesthetically appealing. So in society, we as designers make things in order to appeal to the majority of the people because they're who make our designs popular. In a way society helps shape design since the designers are a part of society. At the same time design is designing for society, designers are also pushing society in new or different directions.