A response to an industry existential crisis

What does design mean to you/us?
Are designers artists?
The more senior you get the less you design
Work is mundane, should we just accept that? And stop hoping it will solve all our (creative) problems?
Are side projects actually the answer?
How can you keep scratching the artistic itch in a work environment
What we think is right isn’t necessarily what the business thinks is right
Is this an ego problem?
Is this FINE?


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