“Been all across the board with different types of design, so limiting to UI, UX, icon, visual, web, etc. is absurd... as is listing them all out.” - it’s not about listing but having ontology/classification system defined, shared & understood.(DSU)
Biology has organism, species & genus structure. Chemistry has the periodic table of elements. Physics & maths have theories, equations and proofs.
What would ontology for Designer practices and patterns look like - DSU?