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● / LATEST POST/ 2026.06.01
FIG · COVERDesign is a science. The process was never the point.
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Design is a science. The process was never the point.

The design process was never the rigorous part. The test was — and for thirty years designers skipped it. AI just made the test cheap enough to run.

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