At the beginning of the last century there was a design movement called Arts and Crafts. Think Frank Lloyd Wright. In America the movement focused on creating a

At the beginning of the last century there was a design movement called Arts and Crafts. Think Frank Lloyd Wright. In America the movement focused on creating art that was beautiful and still true to the source materials. It feels like web development needs a similar philosophy. Surely there are many movements stirring right now, but few seem to have a strong voice that inspires those beyond the field. Which is to say: perhaps try looking at development as one role. Start by finding ways to talk about design and engineering as one. Read some Louis Sullivan, or other modernists architects and see how they were forced to change their notion of beauty as new methods and materials like building with steel and glass changed what a building could be. In woodwork, you can build something with screws and nails or you can you use the much stronger and more beautiful dovetail joint, or mortise and tenon. What are the parallels in web development? Design and engineering are not mutually exclusive.