Designers are the enemy of design? Tue, Apr 29th, 2008 11:40pm
An eye opening article by Bruce Nussbaum covering a wide range of problems with the design industry, design being used as a general terms here, not web design specifically, although it applies! It's long but worth the read.
"Back to the backlash against design. Designers suck because they are
also IGNORANT, especially about sustainability. The rap against
designers is that they design CRAP that hurts the planet. That’s the
argument. Let’s take your favorite toy, designed by one of today’s
design gods, Jonathan Ive and his team at Apple—the iPod. Apple does
fantastic things with materials. Amazing things. And it has recycling
programs for its products. But what it doesn’t do is prioritize
cradle-to-cradle design. It doesn’t design a long-cycle product that
you can open and upgrade over time. It doesn’t design a process that
encourages the reuse materials again and again. It doesn’t demand
sustainability."