The phrase "a modest design to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a design that is simple, unpretentious, or not overly elaborate, often in the context of architecture, fashion, or product design.
Example: "The architect presented a modest design to the committee, emphasizing functionality over extravagance."
Alternatives: "a simple design to" or "an unassuming design to".
They held off on a costly renovation until last year, working with the architect Calvert Wright to add an open kitchen with mile-long views onto the back of the house ("We'll never get back what we put in," McCollough says with a shrug) and a modest design studio in the driveway, where they can freely tack drawings and swatches and inspiration on the walls without fear of chipping the plaster.
A modest design modification can change this.
Thus for all but one outcome, the correlation was small, justifying our assumption of a modest design effect.
Hayek foresaw the difficulties into which a quintessentially collectivist program like social security would run as it grew from a modest program designed to relieve poverty into a gargantuan Ponzi scheme for income redistribution.
Hayek also foresaw the difficulties into which a quintessentially collectivist program like Social Security would run as it grew from a modest program designed to relieve poverty into a gargantuan Ponzi scheme for income redistribution.
Before Mr. Bush's news conference in Little Rock, he unveiled a modest proposal designed to cast himself as an especially compassionate conservative, and he discussed it briefly at a private social services agency where he was flanked by African-Americans.
The molded chocolate mousse is a modest triumph, designed to avoid raw egg whites.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will be asked to overturn a modest rule designed to minimize the reality and appearance of corruption in judicial elections, which increasingly are attracting the sort of special-interest money that gravitates to elections for other public offices.
But with the recession's drop in demand for office space, Penny has since scaled back and hired I.M. Pei to propose a more modest design.
In this restaurant, less is more from the modest interior design, to the uncomplicated and excellent Lombard dishes, to the sober, professional staff.
