Undoubtedly there are tone-deaf engineers, just as there are mathematically ignorant composers. Few engineers and composers, whether deaf, ignorant, or not, can carry on a mutually rewarding conversation about the content of each other’s professional work. What I am suggesting is that they can carry on such a conversation about design, can begin to perceive the common creative activity in which they are both engaged, can begin to share their experiences of the creative, professional design process.

