Design is fundamentally linked to the project. But design does not have the monopoly of the project. The goal of this chapter is to show that there is a specificity of the concept of design “project” and to propose a definition of it based on French uses of the term. Going back to the origin of the project in the Renaissance as methodical design, I will show that design belongs to projectual logics rather than to projective anticipation logics although one may be inferred or induced by the other. I will then argue that the project belongs to design by essence, and I will propose five distinctive characteristics of the design culture specific to design as well as a definition of the design project. In addition, I will conclude with an examination of the recent contribution of information technology to the theory and methodology of the project, particularly through agile methodology, which has the potential of inspiring designers.