“The degree to which they are a community is marked by the degree of effort they devote to attain their purpose, the degree of their commitment to it, and the degree of their commitment to each other.”

—  Béla H. Bánáthy

Source: Designing Social Systems in a Changing World (1996), p. 231; About the essence of the design community

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