{"id":363,"date":"2005-10-24T10:51:35","date_gmt":"2005-10-24T14:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=363"},"modified":"2009-01-04T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2009-01-04T18:54:11","slug":"newsflash-design-has-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=363","title":{"rendered":"Newsflash: Design Has Won"},"content":{"rendered":"

This comment<\/a> made me do a double-take this morning: <\/p>\n

The great struggle for respect in society and in the corporate world is over. Design has won. It doesn’t have to sell itself. It does have to prove itself, however.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow. Can somebody get Bruce’s announcement out to all the companies who:<\/p>\n

a) believe design is 2D graphics
\nb) believe design is making products prettier
\nc) believe anyone using CAD is designing
\nd) believe retail buyers are by default capable designers
\ne) believe media stars with opinions are automatically good designers
\nf) believe innovative thinking can be taught to anyone in a few short weeks
\ng) believe design is great until they find a cheaper way to execute and can undercut the competition without it.<\/p>\n

Oh. And please send a telegram to some of my clients as well – there are some battles still raging even though the war is apparently over. I guess that would include companies that:<\/p>\n

h) give lip-service to design because they can’t get more costs out of their product and are desperately looking for an advantage over their competition; even if it’s just using the word “design” in their press releases<\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

i) like the idea of being<\/em> designers so much they now bestow the professional identifier – warranted or not – to almost everyone in their organization. Remember the Fast Company “all-design” issue I mentioned<\/a> previously? The one that included comments like, <\/p>\n

If you’re in any business, you’re in the design business. We’re all<\/em> designers now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and <\/p>\n

…we’ve mapped the essential designer fashion strategy, so that anyone — even Larry in accounting — can look hip, creative, and somehow more interesting…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s the kind of thing to which I’m referring.<\/p>\n

Seems to me, that a few things have to happen before “victory” can be claimed. And one of those things is that design has to prove itself. So while I might agree with the comments on the awards, I just wish I could agree with some of the supporting remarks. I don’t. As far as I’m concerned, it’s deja vu all over again. Don’t lay down your weapons just yet.<\/p>\n

{Edit: I posted a topic<\/a> on the Core77 design forum to discuss this, so you might want to see what one community has to say.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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