Interesting is not the opposite of useful

There's a mistake people make when they try to make something simple. They remove everything unusual. They make it safe and neutral. They end up with something that works and feels like nothing.

Calm is not the same as boring. Something can look different, have its own personality and still be easy to use. Those two things don't cancel each other out.

What confuses people isn't style. It's decoration pretending to be design. Things that are there to impress rather than help. Movement that looks cool but doesn't mean anything.

The question isn't whether something looks interesting. It's whether every interesting thing is actually doing something. If it is, keep it. If it's just there to look good, it's already getting in the way.