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I know this thread is old, but i just wanted to respond to piper's statement. Yes I do work in the design field, but I think I look at it a bit differently to you. As far as I can see design is changing, for better or worse is not up to me, but I have no desire to stand in the way of the natural progression of this craft. First of all we are beginning to see the signs that paper is on the way out, and for oxygen's sake i think that is a good thing. I'm sure many will lament the loss of print, but if its not practical then you just have to bite the buillet and let it go. But i'm getting off topic, thats way ahead, lets think about the here and now, design for a digital environment is very different to its paper based counterpart. As it should be. Its strength is in its ability to be reusable and effortlessly duplicated. This means that making generic components that work dynamically in a modular system is the most efficient method for building these kinds of interfaces. A methodolgy that is very similar to these cookie cutter template websites that everyone seems to hate so much. I personally have no problem with them, i like the idea of building a small graphic system that can integrate into any type of content, its just a slightly more programatically complex form of CSS, minus the standardisations in some cases. In this kind of development environment we are going to have to rethink where our value as designers really lies. Personally I don't have a problem with inventing a machine that puts designers out of work, if we're not necessary then great, we can focus our energies elsewhere, it'll be fun, you'll see, we'll get to be firemen and astronaughts etc. This is of course well into the far off future too, but it makes me feel bad to see people demanding that other industries bow down to our own out of respect, and fear of belittiling our talent. If a company doesn't see the value of visual design then it is our fault for not making the benefits clear.
phew... i want have to have another rant all week :)