One Lesson from Design School I am Unlearning

On day one in design school you are shown that the best designs are out-of-the-box, never-been-seen-before structures wrapped in materials that look like they were found on the moon. Over the course of the next four to six years (depending on the length of your design school) this idea is reinforced over and over and over and over again. Ultimately leaving one idea inside the minds of many young, impressionable designers: If you want your work to be great, you have to design the most flashy...