"breaking the design" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means deviating from or going against the established design or style. Example: The new building's modern architecture was a stark contrast to the traditional design of the surrounding buildings, breaking the design of the neighborhood.
There would be more obstacles to come on when the restaurant opened to the public the next day: a $200 plate broke; the design team was still trying to cover up the mirrors on the pass an hour before the start of service; the dishwashers got sick, forcing two of the Mandarin Oriental managers, dressed in ties and formal slacks, to step behind the sink.
When the database is as large as the one mentioned in the chapter, it is also easier to break the design into several components.
As one hardware engineer friend who looked at these pictures pointed out, some of the design principles still hold in terms of where you sit memory in relation to the CPU and the distance you want information to carry, but once again Facebook allowed its engineers to break the design mold and do what felt right.
Using this approach the estimated parameters cannot be compared with the design values, breaking the link between the designed and measured surface.
In order of Royal Gardening design there were two transformations which broke the original design to optimize the housing development or new public spaces.
He reamed Microsoft for breaking the law and designing a "stupid-ass architecture" for its SQL Server database.
In addition, the development practice of breaking down the design problem into discrete functions to make it manageable does not fit well with a scenario-based approach to thinking about user behaviour and interactions.
Cafe Largo, which opened in 1998 on the largely Hispanic western edge of Harlem, also broke the Harlem design mold with its warm brick walls and pressed tin ceiling.
This breaks the decentralized design of the P2P system and results in a hybrid scheme.
As Williams tells BBC Future: "The concept aims to reduce the occupation of counter space, increase user friendliness, break the stereotypical design format and it's safer, no need to stick a knife in there!" Why the toaster?
