almonk
@almonk
Mutliplexing the planet, cofounder @superlogical. Previously @poolsideai @vercel @hashicorp @heroku. ½ of @softwarereplay
Joined August 2007
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Product design is never art.
Brand design is only art.
There's a lot of frustrated designers out there who can't accept that their job is to make the company more money.
It's not an art project!
If you get to have fun and express yourself, that's a nice bonus, but your job is literally just to make the company more money... that's it.
Personally, I've never had any problem with that. I think it's a fun challenge - the need for revenue is just another creative constraint.
I blame the "design media" and art schools for a lot of this, because they sell the dream that designer = artist when we all know that's just not the job.
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