Not necessarily of "designers," but perhaps of "design." In my opinion, "design" does two things at the same time that are presently fundamentally incompatible

Not necessarily of "designers," but perhaps of "design." In my opinion, "design" does two things at the same time that are presently fundamentally incompatible without being honest about it -- namely "usability" and "fashion." It's absolutely possible to do both, but you can't pretend you're doing one when you're doing the other. Architecture comes to mind. They do this right, most often by putting usability "first." You can make your design as pretty as you want, but if the damn wheelchair ramp doesn't work as intended, the whole design is broken and if that means your pretty thing must die because of it, then kill it and start over.