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> This may be rooted in how designers are taught or simply in how they now practice No course or degree on interaction design - free online to ivy leagues acro
by achow 7y ago
> This may be rooted in how designers are taught or simply in how they now practice
No course or degree on interaction design - free online to ivy leagues across the world - teaches 'design for aesthetics' and neither do designers in design departments of startups or of big corporates have design sprints where designs are shortlisted because one is more beautiful than others.
Infact 'Design Sprint' [0] 'Design Thinking' [1] are things because design is about problem solving. I understand majority in HN are engineers/developers but that is no reason to make this is a tech echo chamber.
[0] https://www.gv.com/sprint/ https://www.gv.com/sprint/
[1] https://www.ideou.com/blogs/inspiration/what-is-design-thinking https://www.ideou.com/blogs/inspiration/what-is-design-think...
- dreamcompiler 7y agoI'll take your word for that, and I'm also encouraged by your comments. Nevertheless it's clear from their products that Apple in recent years became infected with an "aesthetics is all that matters" approach to design. So maybe my general complaint should be narrowed from "modern designers" to simply "Jony Ive and those who emulate him" while still admiring designers who carry on the traditions exemplified by e.g. Raymond Loewy, Ray Eames, and Herman Miller.