Fall of the Designer Part V: Self-Flagellation

http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/5/5/fall-of-the-designer-part-v-self-flagellation

by elischiff • 11 years ago

28 5 11 years ago

This environment is conceived when an individual is the canonical source of their own credentials. I get jealous of doctors and lawyers because someone else grants and revokes their credentials. You either are or are not a doctor. It doesn't matter if you're a good one or a bad one, you still have this boolean state: yes, or no. But the UX/UI/whatever yields these coffeehouse quality debates that fatigue everyone and solve no particular issue other than a redistribution of the shared, global volume which inflates egos. You're a UX person and I am not? Fine, can we just not worry about it any further? No one's car is going to crash or heart stop.

douche2• 11 years ago

links are fucked on Chrome, text bleeding over into the neighboring words to overlay and make it unreadable.

elischiff• 11 years ago

Would you mind tweeting over a screenshot of the bug you're experiencing? My username is @eli_schiff.

douche2• 11 years ago

Seems to be fixed now

no1publicenemy• 11 years ago

I come from a graphic design background and I really sympathize with the author's grievances regarding the field but I can't help but to have a disdain for his victimized tone and lack of business knowledge or insight in all of his writings on the subject of flat design, code-first, function over form etc.

I believe he has not yet reached the truth and real drivers behind all of these concepts and developments in the field.

Fall of the Designer Part V: Self-Flagellation

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