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Design = thinking things through. If that’s not a competitive advantage, I don’t what is. You must see the irony in advocating for 4 things that the market ha
by jahewson 3y ago
Design = thinking things through. If that’s not a competitive advantage, I don’t what is.
You must see the irony in advocating for 4 things that the market has proven it doesn’t particularly value as being some kind of advantage?
- julienreszka 3y agoI think you missed my point entirely. The value of design is in a bubble (hype) and the data portability, privacy, reliability, extensibility are undervalued. There is a huge market distortion caused by incumbent big companies who benefit from the bubble and the undervaluation of data portability, privacy, reliability, extensibility.
- yencabulator 3y agoI've yet to see a web designer or graphic designer think things through. My experience is that they're entry level freelancers that perform the exact task requested, nothing else, and e.g. consistency has to be handled above their pay grade. I don't think I can agree to your definition of the word design. Checking https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/design https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/design, these two sound like what you're talking about: > 1. A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem. > 2. A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system. But these sound like what a web designer or graphic designer do. And they are more about being artistic than about thinking things through: > 3. A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture. > 4. The composition of a work of art. > 6. The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive. > 7. The art of designing > Danish furniture design is world-famous.