noun

a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made.

he has just unveiled his design for the new museum

plan,blueprint,drawing,scale drawing,sketch,outline,map,plot,diagram,delineation,draft,depiction,representation,artist’s impression,scheme,model,prototype,proposal

verb

decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it.

a number of architectural students were designing a factory

plan,draw plans of,draw,sketch,outline,map out,plot,block out,delineate,draft,depict,invent,originate,create,think up,come up with,devise,form,formulate,conceive,make,produce,develop,fashion,fabricate,forge,hatch,coin,dream up