Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 17th August 2004

Dilbert//5603, first published 22 years ago on Tuesday 17th August 2004

Tags

product designer function design everything quality news emotional impact hard to look at

Official transcript

"Product designer"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

PRODUCT DESIGNER FUNCTION MEANS NOTHING. DESIGN IS EVERYTHING.

QUALITY IS YESTERDAY'S NEWS. TODAY WE FOCUS ON THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF THE PRODUCT.

BUT IT STILL NEEDS QUALITY, RIGHT?

YOU ARE 50-0-0-0 HARD TO LOOK AT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Function Over Form"

Summary:

The comic strip features a conversation between a product designer and a group of colleagues, highlighting the tension between functionality and aesthetics in design.

• The product designer emphasizes that "function means nothing. Design is everything."
• A colleague questions the focus on quality, citing the emotional impact of the product.
• The product designer responds, "You are so-o-o-o hard to look at," implying that the colleague's appearance is unappealing.
• The comic strip humorously illustrates the trade-off between functionality and aesthetics in design, with the product designer prioritizing the latter.

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