I really hope we are moving towards a new understanding of design. The tendency of those who do not understand what design is to lump it in with "art" has been detrimental to the development of products, services, and software by those who focus too much on one aspect of the design process while ignoring others. If engineers, marketers, managers, business executives, etc. (as well as some misinformed "designers") had a better understanding of the balance of aesthetics, economics, usability, and feasibility inherent in good design, the world would be a better place.
Cross posted from this google+ thread: https://plus.google.com/108998673146368660257/posts/VnnVUJjq...