I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design where you make everything into a black box - simplify it.
The way the world is going it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven...
Design must seduce shape and perhaps more importantly evoke an emotional...
When I was in Philadelphia during the Depression in 1930 or '31 I got a very sad job as a night watchman in a garage. The cars in the garage had been abandoned by their owners since they had lost their jobs and couldn't keep up the payments.