DEFINITION OF "DESIGN"

KTG DESIGN STUDIO, Inc. began as the company name that I needed to select for a tax id, website...etc. Of course, as we all know, we need to find a name for our business that does not exist, so, although I could have used my initials (KPK, which also comes up as my website, I chose to "design" a whimsical name that I have used since I was a child...KTG, aka "Katherine The Great". Not because I think I am so fabulous (although I do "design" to create a successful business), but my Aunt Barbara, who was my mentor as a child/teenager, used to call me "Katherine The Great" to encourage me to work hard and that I had the strength within me to succeed in anything that I desired. The key was to work hard and to believe in myself. With Aunt Barbara as my fire, I worked at her accounting firm (that was not my strength!) and earned money to buy a car, pay for my insurance, clothing, part of my schooling and when I wanted to study in Spain during my 3rd of University, she helped me balance my world and realize that if I worked 3 jobs during the summer that I could make this adventure of my dreams become a reality.
So, I studied in Spain, came back and figured out a way (the short version) to again work hard and earn an internship at IBM Europe in Paris, after graduating with a BA in Advertising...I ended up living in Paris for 1.5 years, added French as my 3rd language, and while in France, researched companies that operated globally so that I could utilize my languages and travel the world while earning a living. Within 4 months of returning to Michigan (nice place to grow up, but it was time to leave!), I came to NYC for 3 interviews and my language skills helped me to get my 1st job in the perfume development business at IFF (International Flavors and Fragrances). So, my Aunt Barbara's belief in me gave me the confidence to believe in the name she gave me, KTG, and here I am, no longer in the fragrance and cosmetic business, but continuing to "Design" in many different areas.
Ok, so, now you know where KTG comes from...Kate The Great Design Studio started with my painting of watercolor, acrylic, oil and multimedia and continued into Interior Design, Staging, Exterior Design, Construction Design for New Homes/Renovations and it is ever expanding to Web and logo design, PR for "Designers", PR for charities and other businesses, PR for musicians...etc. see KTGDESIGNSTUDIO.COM for some of my recent work.

DESIGN AND MUSIC:
For those of you who are not familiar with Danny Golub and Urban Fetch, they are a "hot" group that is up and coming. They have 2 cds and some of their music can be purchased on I-Tunes.
See their website, Urban-Fetch.com and listen to the song below for their hit called "The Shots", which is sure to become a hit single within the next year. Let me know what you think!



http://urban-fetch.com/SoAlive/TheShots.mp3">urban-fetch.com/SoAlive/TheShots.mp3

de·sign   [dih-zahyn] Show IPA
–verb (used with object)
1.
to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), esp. to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
2.
to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully.
3.
to intend for a definite purpose: a scholarship designed for foreign students.
4.
to form or conceive in the mind; contrive; plan: The prisoner designed an intricate escape.
5.
to assign in thought or intention; purpose: He designed to be a doctor.
6.
Obsolete. to mark out, as by a sign; indicate.
–verb (used without object)
7.
to make drawings, preliminary sketches, or plans.
8.
to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object, work of art, decorative scheme, etc.
–noun
9.
an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
10.
organization or structure of formal elements in a work of art; composition.
11.
the combination of details or features of a picture, building, etc.; the pattern or motif of artistic work: the design on a bracelet.
12.
the art of designing: a school of design.
13.
a plan or project: a design for a new process.
14.
a plot or intrigue, esp. an underhand, deceitful, or treacherous one: His political rivals formulated a design to unseat him.
15.
designs, a hostile or aggressive project or scheme having evil or selfish motives: He had designs on his partner's stock.
16.
intention; purpose; end.
17.
adaptation of means to a preconceived end.

SYNONYMS:
produce
picture
ambition
gimmick
propose
arrange
deliberation

HAPPY DESIGNING AND MY NEXT BLOG WILL COVER ANOTHER AREA OF "DESIGNS" FOR LIFE!