Engineering is a hard thing to define, and the line between the definition of "engineering design" and plain "design" is a blurry one, but yes, that's what I me

Engineering is a hard thing to define, and the line between the definition of "engineering design" and plain "design" is a blurry one, but yes, that's what I meant. It's basically a question about the field of design -specifically the nature of the system/product/service to design- that determines the formation of the individual designer. There is a cultural dichotomy between science and art, specially in university. Engineers are "formed" as applied scientist, while designers are applied artists. One tends to reductionism, the other to holism. One tends to function, the other to form.