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Yep. ..the wheel, the light-bulb -- so many products would have been accepted as "well thought out" if we only had ID's on the jobs
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By todays standards, neither of the above inventions were created by engineers.
An engineer is typically paid to be a specialist. An Industrial Designer is typically paid to be a generalist. Neither are superior, and neither function to their full potential without the other. And yes one person can cover both bases if they are properly trained in both professions.
Nobody's on a high horse. I am simply stating the duty of an Indutrial Designer as I see it. If I didn't think it was true I might as well get a new job.
As for "Form Follows Function" we may never know which of those two said it first, but it doesn't matter since it was taken from the sculptor Horatio Greenough.
Wayne