[sbuk]

Do they have to be mutually exclusive? The goal of design should be to solve a problem as elegantly as possible given the parameters of the problem and the tools/materials available. There is no reason a solution to a problem cannot be both practical and aesthetically pleasing.

[KarimDaghari]

In my opinion, I don’t think they should. The way I see it however is that if an object’s design is calculated in percentages: utility/practical/functionality should represent 80% of it, and aesthetics the remaining 20% (tngt: pareto’s law)