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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0693.00018.] The author surveys the results on \(t\)-designs on the sphere and in projective spaces over the real and complex numbers, quaternions, and Cayley numbers. The author shows how the combinatorial \(t\)-designs leads naturally to a definition of spherical \(t\)-design in terms of harmonic functions. The paper illustrates how an Addition formula yields bounds for sets of lines in terms of the elements of \(A=\{cos^ 2\phi\}\), where \(\phi\) is the angle between a pair of lines. Further, progress up to the classification of \(t\)-designs in the sphere and in the projective spaces is mentioned. Combinatorial applications are given with useful explicit formulae, some new, along with discussions of examples such as reflection groups, and cross connections. Neumaier's \(t\)-designs in Delsarte spaces and their application to spheres and projective spaces are introduced. Ten unsolved problems are presented.