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Very insightful look into the mechanisms of minimalist design and their shortcomings.
Minimalism as a design trend dates back to the beginning of the last century, but you might have noticed that companies have extensively used minimalist principles in their product design in the past few years. Apple is especially known for this, but you see it everywhere nowadays. Cars, fridges, TVs... they are all stripped of any extravagant design features: fewer buttons, no ornaments, single colors, and so on. Even if you are not designer, you have probably noticed that in some way.
The trend towards minimalist control designs in cars is a mess.
3000lbs+ machines whose controls are now designed to force the driver to focus on a screen or panel vs. going by touch
And non-intuitive gear levers that differ in each car