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This is a common misconception, but no, it’s not subjective. There is such a thing as mass appeal. I don’t know whether the Model 3 or the ID3 has it, but this
by erikpukinskis 7y ago
This is a common misconception, but no, it’s not subjective. There is such a thing as mass appeal.
I don’t know whether the Model 3 or the ID3 has it, but this “design is subjective” meme is wrong and I think a little bit disrespectful to design as a profession, where people spend decades learning how to build things that are—objectively—appealing and functional.
Of course individual reactions and needs vary. But that doesn’t mean the design space is a totally relativistic fog.
- lucideer 7y agoI think you're mixing up "objective" with shared lived experience / perspective / values. "Subjective" doesn't necessarily mean "highly varied" on a per-individual level. Mass appeal is about a group of people sharing perspective as a result of a common societal context. Talk about being disrespectful to design as a profession: the psychology and context that informs such subjective views is a big part of design. Saying it's objective reduces something of deep complexity to a set of simplistic rules that can be blindly followed by anyone.