Design: Hard to do well.

Website design is one of those things. You know what I'm talking about... Those things that done right is almost transparent, but when done poorly is glaringly obvious. It's the terrible reality of design in general, so easy to get done, but so hard to get done right.

Welcome to the world of art.

I have some friends who do design, one of them is from Florida. Naples? Boca Raton? I can't recall. But I've never seen his work. And frankly I'm scared to, because what if it's bad? What do you say to that? That is the other thing with design, my personal belief on it is that good design isn't loved at first sight. It's questioned. It's one of those things that makes you look twice. You want an accessible example? Ok. I'll give you one:

The car industry.

Have you ever seen a new car model and thought, “Uhh....” only to love it 6 months later? That's called vegetable design. I just coined that term. It's not sugar. It's the good stuff. The stuff that holds over time. An example of this? Hard to say. Because design is factor of time. I had this experience with the current generation BMW X5.  I was happy with the prior generation of it, but the new one I was hesitant. I wasn't repulsed, but I wasn't enchanted. The quick sells usually wear off. Keep that in mind when considering design. Your mind has to absorb a bit sometimes.