“Solving problems” sounds like a temptingly sensible description of the tasks of modern design, apparently much more useful and more relevant than simply “making things pretty”. However, the weaknesses and risks of such a view are numerous. Naive problem-solving designers set foot on a vague terrain of marketing bubbles, political ideologies and simply superfluous products. So should we better leave problem solving to others?
Discourse on Design Solutionism for FORM Magazin No. 283.
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