The Bathing Ape Has No Clothes...

As a designer I came across this site through my art director and I find that it has some really great points about design. Some I agree with and others I don't, but overall a good article. I thought I might share bits and pieces of it with you.

A few quotes I enjoy:

..."I believe that success in design strongly implies a satisfying the requirements of a user. This is what distinguishes it from art or self-expression..."

"Ah, there, I’ve said it the loaded word. Let me say it again: stylist. I think it’s high time to restore this important term to wide currency, and not to disparage the validity of styling as a mode of expression, or as a career path. (I’m not one of those who would slag a young talent off with a dismissive “Oh, her? She’s just a stylist.”

..."the practice of design necessarily involves solving problems. Further, these problems present constraints; whether these originate in the client’s budget, the target audience’s availability, or in the technical limitations of the medium is immaterial."

You can read the whole article at A List Apart