ADJ
- graphic
- computer-aided
- a specialist in computer-aided design
- architectural, industrial, interior
DESIGN + NOUN
- business, company, consultancy, firm
- consultant, engineer, staff, team
- centre, department, studio
- work
- She's done some design work for us in the past
- process
- The new CAD program really speeds up the design process
- program, software
- project
- ability, expertise, skills
PHRASES
- art and design
- I'm doing a course in art and design
ADJ
- basic, simple
- complex, sophisticated
- excellent, good
- poor
- adventurous, bold, innovative, original, revolutionary
- attractive, beautiful, stylish
- classical, conventional, traditional
- ergonomic
VERB + DESIGN
- come up with, create, produce
- He's come up with a really good design for a solar-powered car
- follow, use
- We followed the traditional design
DESIGN + NOUN
- feature
- The latest model incorporates some novel design features
- concept, idea, solution
- The architect put forward two alternative design concepts for the new library
- brief, requirements, specifications
- The chair she had sketched was far bigger than stipulated in the design brief
- fault
- award
- The car wouldn't win any design awards, but it's very reliable
PREP
- in ~
- The machine is quite simple in design
- of … ~
- a vehicle of revolutionary design
- to a … ~
- The other houses are built to a more conventional design
- ~ for
- the architect's designs for the cathedral
PHRASES
- at the design stage
- Their new car is still at the design stage
ADJ
- elaborate, intricate
- simple
- abstract, circular, floral, geometric, symmetrical
VERB + DESIGN
- have
- The building has intricate geometric designs on several of the walls
ADJ
- evil, sinister
- grand
- His grand design was to connect up every academic institution in the world
VERB + DESIGN
- harbour, have
- I suspected that he had some sinister designs
PREP
- by ~
- Had it happened by accident or by design?