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Most designers suck at design. Consider the convergence of design of laptops and smartphones. If designers were competent, we would see a multitude of designs,
by arthev 8y ago
Most designers suck at design.
Consider the convergence of design of laptops and smartphones. If designers were competent, we would see a multitude of designs, since a good design must be designed for something, analoguous to how optimization must optimize for something. Given the extreme similarity between available designs, there are presumably a significant number of professional designers incapable of generating anything interesting. (I would wager most laptop/smartphone designs at the moment are designed as cheap apple copies, which makes for no differentiation since everything else is designed for the same.)
- JeffreyKaine 8y agoDesign is how something works. Glass rectangles are currently the best solution for mobile computing. This is how design works, Someone innovates, the industry copies the design, minor tweaks are made until another breakthrough happens (usually driven by tech, not design). Designers don't suck a design, designers solve problems, and often the best solutions all look the same until there is a real tech break-though.