The Politics of Design

Design is a problem-solving activ­ity. It pro­vides a means of clar­i­fy­ing, syn­the­siz­ing, and dra­ma­tiz­ing a word, a pic­ture, a prod­uct, or an event. A seri­ous bar­rier to the real­iza­tion of good design, how­ever, are the lay­ers of man­age­ment inher­ent in any bureau­cratic structure.

via Paul-Rand.com :: The Politics of Design.