I was extremely intrigued by Nelson’s views of design as ornamentation on functionality, rather than a substitution for it. As a graphic designer, I’ve thought of design as “more practical” than fine art. Graphic design is often describes as functional art. However, Nelson is making the case that functionality does not dictate whether or not something has been design well. Rather, a good design adds to the base functionality in ways that more functional, but poorly designed products are unable to. When describing my field of study to people outside of the world of visual arts, I often use the phrase “I make things pretty.” Nelson seems to agree with this notion that design is about aesthetics, rather than operational value.