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The identity of the designer is irrelevant.
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No, it's really not. Why does the iPod sell better than the Zune? Because of who designed it. The talents and objectives of the designer are integral to their designs. If you were going to buy a painting of clowns, would it matter to your decision if one were painted by Red Skelton and the other Wayne Gacy?
The identity of the designer imparts just as much information about the design as the design does about the designer.
By knowing the talents and aspirations of the designer we can more easily detect their hand in designs we encounter.
If there is intelligent design, the identity of the designing agent is vitally important to the concept. The only reason to avoid any consideration of the identity of the designer is the discomfort with discussing the obvious implications of that consideration. Every proposed process requires consideration of the mechanism that causes that process.