Not sure... why from your perspective "experience counts for little in this regard."? Isn't _experience_ that enable us to be more independent and avoid to fall into mistakes repeatedly?

I tend to differentiate between ~design and ~art, simply because the beauty that came out of a design is because it's the result of a plan and executed accordingly through a specific process, and has an objective: satisfy its users' need through a specific functionality.

This does not mean that art could be part of it, as an inspiring muse expressed through different forms that satisfy our six senses. Aesthetics that an art piece posses are usually a juicy fruit, rape to be born from the expression of its creator's ideas, from the need to communicate something and to send a message to whoever is ready to read, interpret, and receive it. Art exists mostly to satisfy creators' needs more than the receivers' appetite.

Design is also about art, and experience counts for little in this regard.

perscrutador

Design

![](https://m.stacker.news/103055)

Airbnb, the paragon of a “design-led” company, is only hiring a single designer. The job requires more than a decade of experience. There are probably hundreds (possibly thousands) of applicants. The fact that a company known for its design culture is investing only at the top of its org chart is a flashing “check engine” light on the practice of product design.

In the past 5 years, demand for senior product designers has skyrocketed1, but a troubling gap is in its wake. Today, there are fewer opportunities for designers to gain critical experience and mentorship to develop into the next generation of leaders.2 If this trend continues, our practice risks becoming stagnant, overqualified, and obsolete.