Dear Designer
Dear Designer: Why We (Must) Keep Loving Design
You’re the only thing standing in the way of design being used for evil
Dear Mike,
Why do I love designing when I know all it does is destroy this world? A part of me wants to know the answer to this question but a part of me doesn’t want to know, only because I know I’ll feel horrible after that.
Dear Designer,
I see you. I really do. Shit is exhausting. Some days are about fighting. Some days are about just getting out of bed. Some days are about staying there. And some days you end up doing that math wrong, getting out of bed, and a couple of hours later realizing that you shouldn’t have. I don’t mind telling you that I’m having one of those days right now. We need to take care of ourselves before we can take care of each other. But make no mistake, ultimately we need to take care of each other, too.
Let’s talk about why we do this and let me be honest here: I’m doing this as much to answer your question as to remind myself. Because there are days when we need a reminder of why we do this. Today is one of those days.
Let’s talk about design and why we love it because that’s a good place to start. And it starts with a story about what life…
