The Hype: Why We're Facing Design Overkill

2011 is the year to define design. We have created an industry that is continually producing 'designed' products to sell at the various 'design' shops and markets that have popped up all over the world. But what makes these trinkets 'design'? What role does the designer have? In an interview with Arts.21 Mateo Kries, head curator at the Vitra Design Museum, says we're suffering from design overkill and it's high time we fought back.