Exactly. I'm beginning to get sick of the debate about design. Design has one purpose - make things easier to use. For example, rounded corners in digital desi

Exactly. I'm beginning to get sick of the debate about design. Design has one purpose - make things easier to use. For example, rounded corners in digital design aren't just for a skeuomorphism trend, but rather a trick to reduce cognitive cost.[0] Let's stop pretending it's anything more than that. Note - One of the principles of design is the aesthetic-usability effect[1]. I would argue this is the main reason why we continue to debate trends and their effectiveness around usability. [0] - http://www.uiandus.com/blog/2009/7/26/realizations-of-rounded-rectangles.html http://www.uiandus.com/blog/2009/7/26/realizations-of-rounde... [1] - http://courses.washington.edu/art479/media/universal_principles1.pdf http://courses.washington.edu/art479/media/universal_princip...