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You Can Be a Great Designer and Be Completely Unknown

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257 points delaugust | 2 comments | 24 Apr 25 21:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.413s | source
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motohagiography ◴[24 Apr 25 22:59 UTC] No.43788457[source]▶
to me designers are the real architects of history, however, the cybertruck example as brash i disagree with for specific reasons.

it is a perfect example of what it does without any deference to other design languages. instead of po-mo symbolism, it really is just the sufficient metal and glass to do the thing. an essential truck is unsentimental working capital. its not a duck, its an undecorated shed.

i think the design will age very well because there's nothing to add to it.

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immibis ◴[25 Apr 25 08:22 UTC] No.43791419[source]▶
Kei trucks are unsentimental working capital. Cybertrucks have been designed to look this way because someone thinks it sells. The panels come unglued and fly off because they glued panels on because they needed the truck to look that way because they thought that attracted customers.
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1. bluGill ◴[25 Apr 25 13:36 UTC] No.43793422[source]▶
Cybertruck looks that way because of compromises. They didn't think the shape would sell, they thought stainless steel would sell. The shape is a function of how hard it is to shape stainless steel. Likewise gluing panels on is required because stainless steel can't be welded. Because they refused to compromise on stainless steel they were forced to compromise elsewhere.
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2. rpnx ◴[25 Apr 25 20:15 UTC] No.43798093[source]▶
Stainless steel can be welded... just not easily and cheaply.