Graphic Design vs. Usability
http://experiencedynamics.blogs.com/site_search_usability/2004/04/would_you_like_.html

Spillers, Frank
Demystifying Usability
2004

Abstract:

Graphic Design can "hijack" usability efforts if the graphic design team is not "on board" with usability. This is probably why these days more and more graphic artists (like the students at the Art Institute of Portland where I am currently teaching a class) are learning about usability and have a sensitivity for its user-centered intentions.