A graphic at Logic+Emotion, used in context of a discussion on whether "Designers Are Enemies Of Design", depicts the creative people involved in solving design problems.
There needs to be an addition to this equation of creative problem solvers.
Innovations in materials, performance improvements in existing products and revolutionary developments that enable design innovations come from the engineer. With multidisciplinary teams involved in solving design problems in organizations, the new engineer is not the geeky, gray, slide-rule wielding traditionalist. Stay tuned for my rendition of the new engineer in the design-centric age.
