diff --git a/lib/couchrest/model/base.rb b/lib/couchrest/model/base.rb
index b52ad59..f555c9f 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/model/base.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/model/base.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module CouchRest
       include CouchRest::Model::PropertyProtection
       include CouchRest::Model::Associations
       include CouchRest::Model::Validations
+      include CouchRest::Model::Design
 
       def self.subclasses
         @subclasses ||= []
diff --git a/lib/couchrest/model/design.rb b/lib/couchrest/model/design.rb
index 1bec004..9249d31 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/model/design.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/model/design.rb
@@ -22,18 +22,32 @@ module CouchRest
       module ClassMethods
 
         def design(*args, &block)
-        
+          mapper = DesignMapper.new(self)
+          mapper.instance_eval(&block)
 
+          req_design_doc_refresh
         end
 
       end
 
       # 
-      module DesignMethods
+      class DesignMapper
 
+        attr_accessor :model
 
-        def view(*args)
+        def initialize(model)
+          self.model = model
+        end
 
+        # Define a view and generate a method that will provide a new 
+        # View instance when requested.
+        def view(name, opts = {})
+          View.create(model, name, opts)
+          model.class_eval <<-EOS, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
+            def self.#{name}(opts = {})
+              CouchRest::Model::Design::View.new(self, opts, '#{name}')
+            end
+          EOS
         end
 
       end
diff --git a/lib/couchrest/model/design/view.rb b/lib/couchrest/model/design/view.rb
index d1efe69..5196703 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/model/design/view.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/model/design/view.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ module CouchRest
   module Model
     module Design
 
-      #
-      # ### NOTE Work in progress! Not yet used! ###
       #
       # A proxy class that allows view queries to be created using
       # chained method calls. After each call a new instance of the method
@@ -13,26 +11,26 @@ module CouchRest
       # CouchDB views have inherent limitations, so joins and filters as used in 
       # a normal relational database are not possible. At least not yet!
       #
-      # 
-      #
       class View
 
-        attr_accessor :query, :design, :database, :name
+        attr_accessor :model, :name, :query, :result
 
         # Initialize a new View object. This method should not be called from outside CouchRest Model.
         def initialize(parent, new_query = {}, name = nil)
-          if parent.is_a? Base
+          if parent.is_a?(Class) && parent < CouchRest::Model::Base
             raise "Name must be provided for view to be initialized" if name.nil?
-            @name = name
-            @database = parent.database
-            @query = { :reduce => false }
-          elsif parent.is_a? View
-            @database = parent.database
-            @query = parent.query.dup
+            self.model    = parent
+            self.name     = name
+            # Default options:
+            self.query    = { :reduce => false }
+          elsif parent.is_a?(self.class)
+            self.model    = parent.model
+            self.name     = parent.name
+            self.query    = parent.query.dup
           else
             raise "View cannot be initialized without a parent Model or View"
           end
-          @query.update(new_query)
+          query.update(new_query)
           super
         end
 
@@ -44,31 +42,33 @@ module CouchRest
         # Inmediatly send a request to the database for all documents provided by the query.
         #
         def all(&block)
-          args = include_docs.query
-          
+          include_docs.execute(&block)
         end
 
         # Inmediatly send a request for the first result of the dataset. This will override 
         # any limit set in the view previously.
-        def first(&block)
-          args = limit(1).include_docs.query
-
+        def first
+          limit(1).include_docs.execute.first
         end
 
         def info
-
+          
         end
 
         def offset
-
+          execute['offset']
         end
 
         def total_rows
-
+          execute['total_rows']
         end
 
         def rows
+          @rows ||= execute['rows'].map{|v| ViewRow.new(v, model)}
+        end
 
+        def keys
+          execute['rows'].map{|r| r.key}
         end
 
 
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ module CouchRest
         # modified appropriatly. Errors will be raised if the methods
         # are combined in an incorrect fashion.
         #
-        
+       
+        def database(value)
+          update_query(:database => value)
+        end
 
         # Find all entries in the index whose key matches the value provided.
         #
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ module CouchRest
         # The value may be provided as an object that responds to the +#id+ call
         # or a string.
         def startkey_doc(value)
-          update_query(:startkey_docid => value.is_a?(String) ? value : value.id
+          update_query(:startkey_docid => value.is_a?(String) ? value : value.id)
         end
 
         # The opposite of +#startkey+, finds all index entries whose key is before the value specified.
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ module CouchRest
         # The value may be provided as an object that responds to the +#id+ call
         # or a string.
         def endkey_doc(value)
-          update_query(:endkey_docid => value.is_a?(String) ? value : value.id
+          update_query(:endkey_docid => value.is_a?(String) ? value : value.id)
         end
 
 
@@ -179,13 +182,88 @@ module CouchRest
           update_query(:include_docs => true)
         end
         
-        
         def execute(&block)
+          self.result ||= model.view(name, query, &block)
+        end
 
+        # Class Methods
+        class << self
+          
+          # Simplified view creation. A new view will be added to the 
+          # provided model's design document using the name and options.
+          #
+          # If the view name starts with "by_" and +:by+ is not provided in 
+          # the options, the new view's map method will be interpretted and
+          # generated automatically. For example:
+          #
+          #   View.create(Meeting, "by_date_and_name")
+          #
+          # Will create a view that searches by the date and name properties. 
+          # Explicity setting the attributes to use is possible using the 
+          # +:by+ option. For example:
+          #
+          #   View.create(Meeting, "by_date_and_name", :by => [:date, :firstname, :lastname])
+          #
+          # The view name is the same, but three keys would be used in the
+          # subsecuent index.
+          #
+          def create(model, name, opts = {})
+            views = model.design_doc['views'] ||= {}
+
+            unless opts[:map]
+              if opts[:by].nil? && name =~ /^by_(.+)/
+                opts[:by] = $1.split(/_and_/)
+              end
+              raise "View cannot be created without recognised name, :map or :by options" if opts[:by].nil?
+
+              opts[:guards] ||= []
+              opts[:guards].push "(doc['#{model.model_type_key}'] == '#{model.to_s}')"
+
+              keys = opts[:by].map{|o| "doc['#{o}']"}
+              emit = keys.length == 1 ? keys.first : "[#{keys.join(', ')}]"
+              opts[:map] =
+                "function(doc) {" +
+                "  if (#{opts[:guards].join(' && ')}) {" +
+                "    emit(#{emit}, null);" +
+                "  }" +
+                "}"
+            end
+
+            views[name.to_s] = {
+              :map => opts[:map],
+              :reduce => opts[:reduce] || false,
+            }
+          end
 
         end
 
       end
+
+      # A special wrapper class that provides easy access to the key
+      # fields in a result row.
+      class ViewRow < Hash
+        attr_accessor :model
+        def initialize(hash, model)
+          self.model = model
+          super(hash)
+        end
+        def id
+          ["id"]
+        end
+        def key
+          ["key"]
+        end
+        def value
+          ['value']
+        end
+        # Send a request for the linked document either using the "id" field's
+        # value, or the ["value"]["_id"] used for linked documents.
+        def doc
+          doc_id = value['_id'] || self.id
+          model.get(doc_id)
+        end
+      end
+
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/couchrest_model.rb b/lib/couchrest_model.rb
index 2e0070d..a0e3069 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest_model.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest_model.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ require "couchrest/model/class_proxy"
 require "couchrest/model/collection"
 require "couchrest/model/associations"
 require "couchrest/model/configuration"
+require "couchrest/model/design"
+require "couchrest/model/design/view"
 
 # Monkey patches applied to couchrest
 require "couchrest/model/support/couchrest"
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/design/view_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/design/view_spec.rb
index f7df658..de8fb40 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/design/view_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/design/view_spec.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,116 @@
-require File.expand_path("../../spec_helper", __FILE__)
+require File.expand_path("../../../spec_helper", __FILE__)
 
+class DesignViewModel < CouchRest::Model::Base
+  property :name
+
+  design do
+    view :by_name
+  end
+end
 
 describe "Design View" do
 
+  before :each do
+    @klass = CouchRest::Model::Design::View
+  end
 
+  describe ".new" do
+
+    describe "with invalid parent model" do
+      it "should burn" do
+        lambda { @klass.new(String) }.should raise_exception
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "with CouchRest Model" do
+
+      it "should setup attributes" do
+        @obj = @klass.new(DesignViewModel, {}, 'test_view')
+        @obj.model.should eql(DesignViewModel)
+        @obj.name.should eql('test_view')
+        @obj.query.should eql({:reduce => false})
+      end
+
+      it "should complain if there is no name" do
+        lambda { @klass.new(DesignViewModel, {}, nil) }.should raise_error
+      end
+
+    end
+
+    describe "with previous view instance" do
+
+      before :each do
+        first = @klass.new(DesignViewModel, {}, 'test_view')
+        @obj = @klass.new(first, {:foo => :bar})
+      end
+
+      it "should copy attributes" do
+        @obj.model.should eql(DesignViewModel)
+        @obj.name.should eql('test_view')
+        @obj.query.should eql({:reduce => false, :foo => :bar})
+      end
+
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  describe ".create" do
+
+    before :all do
+      @design_doc = {}
+      DesignViewModel.stub!(:design_doc).and_return(@design_doc)
+    end
+
+    it "should add a basic view" do
+      @klass.create(DesignViewModel, 'test_view')
+      @design_doc['test_view'].should_not be_nil
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  describe "instance methods" do
+
+    before :each do
+      @obj = @klass.new(DesignViewModel, {}, 'test_view')
+    end
+
+    describe "#update_query" do
+      it "returns a new instance of view" do
+        @obj.send(:update_query).object_id.should_not eql(@obj.object_id)
+      end
+
+      it "returns a new instance of view with extra parameters" do
+        new_obj = @obj.send(:update_query, {:foo => :bar})
+        new_obj.query[:foo].should eql(:bar)
+      end
+
+    end
+
+  end
+  
+  ##############
+
+  describe "with real data" do
+
+    before :all do
+      @objs = [
+        {:name => "Sam"},
+        {:name => "Lorena"},
+        {:name => "Peter"},
+        {:name => "Judith"},
+        {:name => "Vilma"}
+      ].map{|h| DesignViewModel.create(h)}
+    end
+
+    describe "just documents" do
+
+      it "should return all" do
+        DesignViewModel.by_name.all.last.name.should eql("Vilma")
+      end
+
+    end
+
+  end
 
 
 end
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/design_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/design_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5543964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/couchrest/design_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+require File.expand_path("../../spec_helper", __FILE__)
+
+class DesignModel < CouchRest::Model::Base
+  
+end
+
+describe "Design" do
+
+  it "should accessable from model" do
+    DesignModel.respond_to?(:design).should be_true
+  end
+
+  describe ".design" do
+   
+    it "should instantiate a new DesignMapper" do
+      CouchRest::Model::Design::DesignMapper.should_receive(:new).and_return(DesignModel)
+      DesignModel.design() { }
+    end
+
+    it "should instantiate a new DesignMapper with model" do
+      CouchRest::Model::Design::DesignMapper.should_receive(:new).with(DesignModel).and_return(DesignModel)
+      DesignModel.design() { }
+    end
+
+    it "should allow methods to be called in mapper" do
+      model = mock('Foo')
+      model.should_receive(:foo)
+      CouchRest::Model::Design::DesignMapper.stub!(:new).and_return(model)
+      DesignModel.design { foo }
+    end
+
+    it "should request a design refresh" do
+      DesignModel.should_receive(:req_design_doc_refresh)
+      DesignModel.design() { }
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  describe "DesignMapper" do
+    
+    before :all do
+      @klass = CouchRest::Model::Design::DesignMapper
+    end
+
+    it "should initialize and set model" do
+      object = @klass.new(DesignModel)
+      object.send(:model).should eql(DesignModel)
+    end
+
+    describe "#view" do
+
+      before :each do
+        @object = @klass.new(DesignModel)
+      end
+
+      it "should call create method on view" do
+        CouchRest::Model::Design::View.should_receive(:create).with(DesignModel, 'test', {})
+        @object.view('test')
+      end
+
+      it "should create a method on parent model" do
+        CouchRest::Model::Design::View.stub!(:create)
+        @object.view('test_view')
+        DesignModel.should respond_to(:test_view)
+      end
+
+      it "should create a method that returns view instance" do
+        CouchRest::Model::Design::View.stub!(:create)
+        @object.view('test_view')
+        CouchRest::Model::Design::View.should_receive(:new).with(DesignModel, {}, 'test_view').and_return(nil)
+        DesignModel.test_view
+      end
+
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end