Industrial Designers are known to be the most critical shoppers and in this discussion they share why.
Richard Kuchinsky started this discussion in wonderment of others and by asking the question, "In the age of mass consumerism, designed obsolescence, and quick to market product strategies is there less focus put on staying power, neutrality and restraint in design now than in the past?"
73lotus follows up some 20 responses later with: "As a designer, though, my ideal product (anything and everything) is devoid of any style trends and made to last forever without causing any environmental harm nor wearing out, breaking, or failing. The ultimate triumph of function over form (and design over consumerism/industrialization) which is beautiful in and of itself (to a designer, anyway). But that's not achievable in the real world, at least not for consumer goods, without a massive and total shift in consumer attitudes and shopping habits, and a total shift in the definition of business..."
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