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The phrase "was to design" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to indicate a planned or intended action that took place in the past. Example: The team's goal was to design a new product that would meet the needs of their customers.
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Their goal was to design a mobile hand-set platform open to any and all software designers.
My dream was to design album covers for rock bands.
Another was to design a bicycle-storage system.
Starck's greatest achievement was to design his own celebrity.
"One way to do this was to design a film that was 2-D friendly".
His solution was to design a DIY Scotch Pie kit providing ready-made pie shells.
His extraordinary project was to design a form of redemption for a world beyond belief.
The film-makers' solution was to design "special cigarettes that aren't cigarettes but special effects ones".
"Our mission was to design a school that would protect as well as nurture," he said.
Mr. Richter's assignment was to design a replacement for one of them.
The remit was to design clothes purely for myself – they're edgy and rock'n'roll, but grown-up".
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