I agree with the position that design is a result of "function x economy" because the function needs to be able to weighed up against the economy for the desired final design. The function needs to be weighed up against the economy as the function for the final design needs to be able to be designed in a way that suits the current economic situation so that when the completed design is released on sale, consumers need to be able to afford the design and the designer to make his/her profit.
I think that design today should, and can be both 'science' and 'art'. There is no line that states what design actually is, so doesn't that mean that anything and everything could and can be design no matter what it is? You could design a painting that would be defined as 'art', but you could design a new way of making a cure for cancer which would be under the science category.
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Express Furniture. (2010). EFW-DC037 - Marcel Breuer Inspired Wassily B3 Chair. Available: http://www.express-furniture.co.uk/item--Marcel+Breuer+Inspired+Wassily+B3+Chair--EFW-DC037.html. Last accessed 21st September 2011. 
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