The currently popular pseudo-elitist view of art and design is rejected in favour of the proposition that the artist is not a special kind of person but that every person is a special kind of artist. Design is not something which is practiced by the elite few who call themselves designers but by all of us all of the time. This course looks closely at the principles which underpin design in its broadest meaning and application, from the most simple, seemingly intuitive to the most complex of decision-making processes. These principles are studied within a philosophical framework strongly linked to the 'perennial philosophy' which may be found in all cultures and at all times and which has been particularly championed in our age by such writers as A.K. Coomaraswamy, Frithjof Schuon and Rene Guenon, and based heavily upon the work of the late Visiting-Professor Peter Kollar.