image-based culture is not the norm

it seems that someone called 'mudmonkey' agrees and feels strongly enough to comment on the subject...

"...I was often told [...] that an good and interesting idea / concept / design should come with an interesting [read: attention-grabbing] presentation so that people would be interested enough to have a closer look [...] But it is often the case nowadays that there is nothing good or interesting behind the dazzling presentation, just a CAD-generated prelude to ill-conceived planning and meaningless premises."

write me your thoughts. are we an imaged-based, substance-less culture on the way to overload and underperform?