Indeed, for literally decades going back to ye olde industrial design of the 30s and 40s, they were considered "stylists" who made products sleek and consumerized for easy sale :- ) But as Charles Eames famously replied when asked "What are the boundaries of design?", he said "What are the boundaries of problems?"
“Hey, design monkey, quickly crank me out some Figmas!” 🤣
The tools change, but the (willfull?) ignorance remains the same when it comes to designers and what we do.
Indeed, for literally decades going back to ye olde industrial design of the 30s and 40s, they were considered "stylists" who made products sleek and consumerized for easy sale :- ) But as Charles Eames famously replied when asked "What are the boundaries of design?", he said "What are the boundaries of problems?"