I wouldn't say design has become strictly functional. A lot of cars these days look downright comic book to me, and the info-gadgets with which late industrial people spend the most time - phones, music players, etc. - are blobjects.
And here in America rival newspapermen attack each other on sight?
Good books make you ask questions. Bad readers want everything answered.
your not alone, Tally. Don't pretend you are
But it's always taking a risk, when you ... kiss someone new.
Your personality - the real you inside - was the price of beauty.