Defense
Design
Design direction
Desire
Device
Diagram
Dialectic
Differentiate
Digital
Documentary
Dogu (tool or implement)
Drafting
Dualism
Dynamic touch
Dynamics
Dynamics
Dynamics is the general term for the potentiality of exerting some kind of influence (action) on oneself&sbquo others&sbquo or things. What is significant here is that the word dose not represent the "force" that exerts influence but the "potentiality" to do so. Historically&sbquo the concept was originally formulated in ancient Greek philosophy by Empedocles as "the principle of dominance in the mixing of substances&sbquo" followed by "the attractive force between different substances" by Plato and "the attractive force between similar substances" by Aristotle. The same concept is also seen in ancient China&sbquo in its alchemic literature&sbquo as the affinity between substances. This concept was passed down form the philosophy of Hermes to Newton's laws&sbquo and has been used to mean action and potentiality in analogical thinking in modern physics and society. It is now possible to use the word as a basic term to represent the concept of employing a system dynamically. For example&sbquo system refers to potentialities and the consequences that are already systematized. If&sbquo however the word is changed to the comprehensive expression "dynamics&sbquo" it can refer to a dynamic system that is subject to possible alteration or transformation through time&sbquo allowing one to conceptualize or hypothesize mutual influence (action). For example&sbquo a "color system" is a group of colors coordinated and determined by a certain concept. If we call it "color dynamics&sbquo" even if it is a color scheme already systematized&sbquo it becomes a more flexible dynamic system and allows for a more interactive employment of colors. The words "design dynamics" suggest that the design system in today's information society is always fluid and dynamic. I expect these will become conceptual terms in a design method and will clearly represent not only the potentiality and influence of design but also an interactive attractive and repulsive force in its relationship with the time society.