1. beauty | function

2. a certain tension exists

3. between those who design

4. to make things “better”

5. (more aesthetically pleasing

6. by abstract standards)

7. and those who build

8. to make “better” things

9. (more functional

10. by technical standards)

11. two sides…

12. with different perspectives

13. beauty is in the eye of the beholder

14. but is the eye beautiful?

15. meaning is lost

16. frustration abounds

17. everyone speaks…

18. in different languages

19. translation requires patience

20. but understanding is possible

21. as designers show engineers

22. that beauty has a function

23. and engineers teach designers

24. there is beauty in function

25. the tension resolves

26. everyone wins

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