[Silhouette]

But the question is, when will we start designing for context and people rather than some arbitrary, centrally decided (by the fewest people) paradigm of correct design?

Some of us never stopped. Fortunately for all of us, just because someone with a blog or some business with a popular product decides they like a certain style, we don't have to design our blogs and our products the same way. As with any kind of hype, the best solution I know to the current promotion of minimalist styles is to see whether there is anything useful in there and if not then to ignore that hype and let the results speak for themselves.