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Comment by zelphirkalt

11 days ago

This doesn't solve the problem but:

If the designer is not aware of the ins and outs of the medium they are supposedly working with, they are not a very well informed and educated designer.

Just like I don't presume to be able to make a great product packaging design, without knowing firstly much more about visual composition and design, but also secondly the material and form and shape I am designing for. Will that be a plastic wrapper, a paper wrapper or some cardboard packaging? Without knowing the limitations and properties of each, how can I expect to create a good design?

Being that uninformed to me seems like not giving a shit about the quality of work one delivers, ergo not giving a shit about ones job, or simply not having the required understanding or skill to be any good at ones job.

> not giving a shit about the quality of work one delivers

I’ve learned in the past decades that people who care about quality is the minority.

Look at any B2B software. They don’t care because their customers are different than who uses their products. They care about their customers only (managers). They pay attention to users as much as minimally possible without loosing customers.

This happens at every level.