Lecture 7: Design Perfection

In my opinion, there isn't really such a thing as the perfection of a design. Due to peoples' different outlooks, beliefs and experiences, designs will always have a flaw or a detail that someone may not like, but someone else will love.

Antoinede de Saint Exupéry feels that a designer only reaches perfection of a design when there is nothing left to take away from it. I strongly disagree with this. I feel that this would only be the case when looking at an object from a minimalist perspective. Sometimes designs have added details for aesthetic functions, and though unnecessary they are still needed to make the design finished and polished. Take fashion for example; some garment designers add non-functional zippers or non-functioning pockets for aesthetic design only. Zippers tend to add an edgier quality to the overall design, as do pockets. The garment below shows the way zippers are incorporated to add flair.

(Project Runway)