[Sigia-l] Re: Design(ers) [was: is bad design a choice?]

[Jared M. Spool]

At 05:18 PM 10/18/2005, Dave Heller wrote:
> > But all this Apple-love-fest is still a distraction from the conversation,
> > which was about how somehow MySpace and eBay's design aren't as good and
> > therefore they should be condemned by the design world. (That's the "Bad
> > Choice" part of this discussion that keeps getting sideswiped.)
>
>I think you are framing the point of the thread slightly askew, Jared.
>It isn't whether eBay or MySpace is bad design, it is to say whether
>there is a deterministic value in doing "ghetto design" vs. something
>that takes into account aesthetics. Aesthetics != lavish. It just
>means thoughtful and comlete. To me this isn't a question of better or
>worse design, but any vs. intentional.

Ok. I'm onboard with that.

And what happens if we discover it was unintentional?