It would be unfair to not specify which “designers” this article is describing, let alone disrespectful to the diverse population of designers that claim that label when given such absolutist blanket observations. UX designers too often, and without realizing it, marginalize other designers who work outside the scope of “UX” by consistently branding their work as “creating better things” or “making an impact,” easily putting themselves on a pedestal above their fellow graphic designers, industrial designers, sound designers, print designers, art directors, etc. UX designers, which this article is more pointed towards, are no more important than any other profession especially against other designers and while written for the UX Collective, it is still uncalled for to say “designers” and then make absolute statements about “designers.”

These kinds of articles are damaging to the creative industry specifically to the field of visual design which UX design falls under because it conflates an ideal of what designers may be to an outsider and erases the diversity this industry has fought for and still continues to fight for considering the numbers clearly show non-UX designers are kept in the margins. I suggest you not so easily define what a “designer” is because if “empathy” is the buzzword UX designers ought to live by, misrepresenting us to a large and impressionable audience shows a clear lack of empathy.