Design is not a process but the culmination of the process of plannimg.
If that is how you are using the term, then you need to provide evidence of this putative process of planning that culminated in what you are calling design.
During this process, the designer identifies the existing situation, carries out an appreciation of where he wants to go, what are the impediments, how they can be overcome,what are the resources required and then arrives at the de.
No, that won't do. You must actually find
evidence for this design process. You can't just make it up as you go along.
This thread is supposed to be about
evidence.