Sentence:  in his motherland ; in the spacious hunting grounds of `` Uncle Sam '' ; in the exciting salons of his lovely , brilliant Paris - mistress of gaiety - excess and abandon - world theatre of new found freedoms in tone , color , dance , <WSD>design</WSD> , and thought . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)