[programmer_dude]

>Design is not something that is applied at the end

Strawman alert! He never said that.

>Design is not something that is in conflict with function.

It should not be. If it is then it's useless. But nevertheless we do see examples of such absurdity as a common place occurrence.

[sbuk]

The OP may not have, but the implication certainly is there. "They should first be engineered, then made to look pretty." That statement, by the way, is wrong. Engineers design, which ever way you look at it or phrase it. Design is the process of solving a problem, be it visual or otherwise. It follows that tools must first be designed and then the design is implemented. That design is seen as merely making something pretty says a lot about a few of the "engineers" that post here.