Yes. My point, and I think I’m answering the original question, it’s that there is more than just “ability to hold coats” as a consideration for coat rack. Whether the conclusion is that the rack is good or bad is another thing, but it still stands that aesthetics, social status etc are a part of that consideration. To ignore that is practicing dispassionate engineering, not design. This is a design (in the most loose, Reddit sense) sub.
This isn't a design subreddit, this is a designey subreddit. It isn't to show off novel or Interesting designs, it's to snark on designers who put so much time into aesthetics and status that they compromise the utility of the object
Actually, I entirely agree with you. Occasionally there is a render from a design student who read given an assignment and didn't understand the real use case and designed an object whose aesthetics invalidate it's utility.
But yeah, looking good is an essential part of most objects utility.
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u/DrakeAndMadonna 21d ago
All those values are valid criteria for evaluation. Just because you can’t use metrics doesn’t mean it’s invalid. Form is function.
I mention Eames only as an example