> "People simply get bored with how their apps and websites look after six to seven years. They need a change"
Real world objects rarely change design because of the costs involved. When they do, the change needs to justify that cost. For example, I'm not going to change the buttons on my microwave because I'm "bored" with them. The costs of changing software design is far less impractical and expensive, and therefore isn't driven by the same high level of justification.
I strongly suspect then, there are two reasons for these design changes we see every couple of years in software:
The first is easy, and most of us probably already agree; designers gotta design. They have to justify their salary _somehow_.
The second is more philosophical. The west — and especially the U.S.A. — looks to alleviate existential crisis with distractions. Shiny new toys keeps us from having to face uncomfortable truths about the nature of reality (if you're not religious).
Real world objects rarely change design because of the costs involved. When they do, the change needs to justify that cost. For example, I'm not going to change the buttons on my microwave because I'm "bored" with them. The costs of changing software design is far less impractical and expensive, and therefore isn't driven by the same high level of justification.
I strongly suspect then, there are two reasons for these design changes we see every couple of years in software:
The first is easy, and most of us probably already agree; designers gotta design. They have to justify their salary _somehow_.
The second is more philosophical. The west — and especially the U.S.A. — looks to alleviate existential crisis with distractions. Shiny new toys keeps us from having to face uncomfortable truths about the nature of reality (if you're not religious).