The phrase "attempting to design a" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing efforts or processes related to creating or developing something, typically in a technical or creative context.
Example: "The team is currently attempting to design a new user interface for the application."
Alternatives: "trying to create a" or "working on developing a".
At this time the company and its specialists are exploring New Brunswick, N. J., attempting to design a theater piece for the George Street Playhouse and neighboring Crossroads Theater Company.
I am calling on other writers, too, to temporarily set aside their work, whether fiction or nonfiction, humorous or serious, and join with me in attempting to design a plan that can deliver our country from the grips of this potentially devastating threat to the foundation of our economy.
When attempting to design a truthful mechanism for a computationally hard problem such as combinatorial auctions, one is faced with the problem that most efficiently computable heuristics can not be embedded in any truthful mechanism (e.g. VCG-like payment rules will not ensure truthfulness).
When attempting to design a model combined with several APs, the problem may become more complex.
Assuming the hemispherical crustal magnetisation is of internal origin, most numerical models attempting to design a Mars core dynamo model quantified the success of their efforts by comparing the resulting modelled magnetic fields to the actual crustal magnetisation pattern (Stanley et al. 2008; Amit et al. 2011; Dietrich and Wicht 2013; Monteux et al. 2015).
A lawyer in the office is attempting to design a database first requested in 2010.
The main point of this assignment is in the conversion algorithms and attempting to design an efficient representation for NFAs and DFAs.
Instead of attempting to design an antenna with flat group delay, the emphasis has been shifted to the signal processing aspect of pulse shaping.
Because we were attempting to design an evaluation after roll out of the service had commenced, a cluster randomised controlled trial was also not possible.
Before attempting to design an educational programme to help teachers detect students who may be at HR of developing psychosis, it is necessary to explore the factors that are currently influencing their identification.
