Convenience tags: negotiation off-center design

Design is a science of enforcing convenience. There is no harm of course, in lightening labour and simplifying systems. No harm. Except to the interests of the mind. Things quickly become boring when they become convenient. In fact, they recede into the background. Become a part of the infrastructure. Take toilets, for instance. Or the internet. Or maybe the ipod. Industrial design is the only knowledge-system which holds an ambition to bore everyone as quickly as possible. If it is easy to…