People are using design decisions that used to be in the scope of work of specialists who were charged with putting signs on doors in public places. Now suddenly, that’s a place where people are expected to have an opinion.They also debate Mozilla’s transparent revision of its brand identity, and whether “open process, not open design” is a healthy way to embrace design criticism as a spectator sport.
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