Undoing the Toxic Dogmatism of Digital Design

  1. Design educators and industry leaders have never reached a consensus about what comprises a “good enough” foundational education for digital design.
  2. We do not properly retire methods (or ways of conducting them) that have been shown to be ineffective.
  3. Design team seniority levels are meaningless.
  4. We’ve collectively lost the safety (and subsequently the desire) to explore and fail.
  5. We afford well-known design leaders too much power to dictate how design is discussed and conducted.
  6. We have no ethical standards.
  7. Inclusive design and accessibility are afterthoughts — both in design education and in practice.
  1. ​Design Discourse is in a State of Arrested Development​
  2. ​Waking up from the dream of UX​
  3. ​Sermon for WIAD Bristol 2021​
  4. ​On Design Thinking​

I don't agree with all of these points, but the main message of the article is important and worth remembering. Khoi Vinh's linked article expresses a similar unease with our industry.