charlieb wrote:
If you make things that work - and don't worry about
what it looks like - you're probably an engineer.

If you make things that look pleasing to the eye
or hand - but it doesn't actually "do" anything
- you're probably and artist.

If you THINK you make things that work
and
THINK you make things that are pleasing
to the eye
neither of which may actually be true
- you're probably an architect.

Fortunately, somewhere, there's a craftsman
who can add or fix what each of the others
overlooked - or ignored.

But how does Kelly Johnson fit into all of this? The SR-71 works fine as a
piece of abstract art and half a century later is still the fastest airplane
in the world, so it clearly works.