The Dark Side of Design

The Dark side of Design - This excellent article by Brian Ling of Design Sojourn tells it like it is about design - good stuff in the last 2 paragraphs.
Extract:

... You will never have clear brief
In the real world everyone knows what a brief is, but nobody really knows what a brief is. You will have to face the fact that there is no such thing as a clear brief. It is also never the straightforward* design process you learned in school....

*Good thing we're not teaching a straightforward design process at UWE.