The phrase "a design thing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an aspect or element related to design, often in a casual or informal context.
Example: "I can't explain why I chose that color; it's just a design thing."
Alternatives: "a design aspect" or "a design element".
"It's important that people can make a differentiation about it being a craft and it not being a 'smash it out' graphic design thing".
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And the ketchup bottle is such a beautifully designed thing.' They are all hand-made, hence the hefty price tags.
"I do think there's a design to things, and we can never hope to know it in any of our lifetimes.
"There is a huge need to design things that will create a market for the poorest 4 billion people".
That's why I spent the last three years as a Design Ethicist at Google caring about how to design things in a way that defends a billion people's minds from getting hijacked.
'I don't talk about minimalism as an interior design where everything is hidden away; but if you design things in a minimal sense, in a simple, minimal way, it can look right in just about every single space, whether it's a Victorian room or a very contemporary white space, because it doesn't impose itself.
When you know the material so well, as a stone carver, you design things based on what the material can do".
I think it's a lot of little design things like this that can help in terms of making preventative medicine part of our daily lives.
One of the defining issues of our times is whether businesses can design things in a way that drives commercial success and delivers a positive impact on the planet and people's health and wellbeing.
