Can you call yourself a designer?
In his timeless book titled Design as Art, Bruno Munari notes that a “Designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense.”
Case in point: Ettore Sottsass. Here’s what he said about the Valentine—the famous typewriter he designed: “The Valentine was designed to keep lonely poets company on weekends in the country.
My 2¢:
You can probably call yourself a designer if you can finish this sentence in the Ettore Sottsass‘ manner: ‘My widget’ is designed to …….