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«D. A.» serves as a cultural science handbook for «Design Anthropology», exploring the epistemology, phenomenology, and diverse interpretations of design. At its core, the design concept is situated within a nexus of cultural production, anchored by three pillars: Segno, Mythus, and Techne. This anthropological design research is trans-disciplinary, emerging from intersections of Visual Culture (signal, in/visibility, image/void, imagination, representation), Doing Culture (act, cooperation, relation, fabrication, exchange), Material Culture (object, artefact, thing, facing, texture), Knowledge Culture (techniques, practices, norms, beliefs, values), Narrative Culture (mythology, significance, meaning, memory, identity), Critical Culture (watching, criterion, antagonism, crisis, theory), and Aesthetic Culture (emotion, sentiment, taste, feel, sense). Understanding the complex anthropological dimension of Design Culture requires this comprehensive context, which transcends traditional design science, industry-focused design thinking, and product-oriented manufacturing. «Design Anthropology» represents the research field of the «Coming Community», established through a «D. A.» fraternity comprising over 100 contributions, partners, and friends. Yana Milev has utilized «D. A.» to articulate a theoretical and curatorial foundation for an expanded design concept, which she has been advocating and practicing in the arts since the 19