I agree with the sentiment of the article that aesthetics are often mixed up with good overall design, whereas good functional UX design is an even more importa

I agree with the sentiment of the article that aesthetics are often mixed up with good overall design, whereas good functional UX design is an even more important part of it IMHO (of which craiglist is an excellent example). I don't like his usage of the word cluttered though, which implies disorder and bad UX design for me. An audio mixer or Craighlist are not disordered, but have quite a lot of order. I guess he means dense interfaces, which can be the right thing to do for a UX design, if use cases demands it.