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Designers are good at refining existing products for mass consumption, it's engineers that come up with new, innovative products that solve real problems. Expec
by null_ptr 12y ago
Designers are good at refining existing products for mass consumption, it's engineers that come up with new, innovative products that solve real problems. Expecting designers to be good engineers is insulting to both professions.
- aspir 12y ago> it's engineers that come up with new, innovative products that solve real problems It's _humans_ that come up with new, innovative products that solve real problems. The profession those humans choose vary.
- harlanlewis 12y agoWow! What a weirdly expansive/narrow view of fields you identify/don't identify with.
- gfodor 12y agoObviously bucketing one or the other is foolish. The people who come up with innovative products are usually called inventors, and they can come from a background of engineering, design, or anything really.
- MadManE 12y agoI would argue that true design is the essence of engineering. Or alternatively, that engineering is simply directed design.