It's not intentionally ironic. Whatever is going on in design right now is a bit perplexing. I have personally found Eli Schiff's insight useful in parsing it

It's not intentionally ironic. Whatever is going on in design right now is a bit perplexing. I have personally found Eli Schiff's insight useful in parsing it. He explains it in terms of designers' self-hatred, lol. Here was his comment when The Outline launched -- https://twitter.com/eli_schiff/status/805775141825290241 https://twitter.com/eli_schiff/status/805775141825290241