Fall of the Designer Part V: Self-flagellation

I have been building up to the finale of the Fall of the Designer series and it lands today. In this installment I cover the following and more:

• The slow decline of traditional design consultancies and the rise of product companies–what this means for designers.

• Scorched earth measures taken by some practitioners to distance themselves from the practices of UI and visual design.

• What incentivizes designers to denigrate their own profession.

Head over and give it a read: http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/5/5/fall-of-the-designer-part-v-self-flagellation