In the second year of junior high school, my art teacher introduced me to my first design-related term - "instrumentation feel." He said that tape recorders have many buttons, but in fact, these buttons are not functionally necessary. So why include them? Because Asians have a certain preference for operating instruments; fiddling with small buttons can be quite pleasurable. At the time, I wanted to ask: with so many young women's tender nipples around, where does the pleasure come from? Years later, the popularity of the iPhone confirmed my view — twisting knobs isn't more pleasurable than twisting a girl's.
Another memory that comes to mind is about my uncle. Ten years ago, my Fearless, unkempt appearance often drew his criticism (and it still does now). He told me a story to emphasize the "importance" of "image." It was about a guy in Shanghai who was very poor and couldn't even afford enough food, but every time he went out, he dressed exceptionally well. If he left during mealtime, he would rub a piece of pork skin on his lips to create the illusion that he ate meat every day. Similarly, I wanted to tell my uncle that the key point was that the guy didn't actually eat any meat. From adolescence to adulthood, I've never failed in chasing girls or making friends despite my unkempt appearance.
Asians inherently value appearances over substance, depth, or profound reflection—these elements are either ignored or outright discarded. The good news is that this absurd phenomenon only appears in imported skills.
There's even better news: I'm glad to see Korean designers making changes, and I believe this is a difficult change. A Korean photographer redesigned his website, moving from an overly flashy Flash-based layout to a text-like Flash layout (if they were good at text editing, they would probably abandon Flash altogether—poor thing, they've only known how to use Flash since the day they started making websites!). His world became simpler, even though his photography consists mostly of clichéd images, it now seems a bit more sophisticated. This is because he has reached the second level of design—behavioral design (commonly referred to as functionality and usability). The reckless use of Flash in websites was a trend led by Korean web designers, a serious mistake that W3C has been warning against for five consecutive years. Yet, people in our country still refuse to abandon this incorrect and primitive practice, instead considering it "fashionable."
The Korean photographer's website is http://www.photoonstudio.com, and we can check its web history from 2004 to the present through http://archive.org.
Perhaps what I've said isn't entirely clear, so let me give you an example...