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by WalterSear 4546 days ago
Design as an profession is older than the web - it's older than programming. The industry as a whole is intimidated by modern technology, and appeals to non-technical people.

As a result, many of the people coming out of professional design schools, trained in the esthetics of flat, non-interactive design see themselves as 'above' all that 'computer stuff'. This, combined with intimidation, and a massive demand for good design, keeps them from expanding their skillset.
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rjvin 4545 days ago
> As a result, many of the people coming out of professional design schools, trained in the esthetics of flat, non-interactive design see themselves as 'above' all that 'computer stuff'.

I feel like this doesn't happen so much anymore. At least from recent graduates of top NYC design schools, you'd be hard pressed to find a communication designer / graphic designer who isn't worried about having to learn HTML/CSS because "print is dying".

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wpietri 4545 days ago
My hazy recollection was that at some point people doing flat, non-interactive design called themselves "print designers" or some variant. E.g., magazine designers, book designers. I'm wondering when they dropped the medium-specific notion of design. Are you saying that goes back before the 1950s?
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