If you've ever wanted to pursue a career in design, learn the ins and outs of the design process, or simply improve your relationships with the designers in your life, you've come to the right place. You might want to use design to explain, tell a story, plan, solve problems, or make something look pretty. These are all goals you can achieve through design. Often people think design is about how things look. It's just a design element, but we'll cover what design is in the next section. For now, let's look at some of these visual parts of the design.