Sympathy Design 

Sympathy Design - When you feel sorry for a designer and just do the design for them.

That designer is so clueless that someone should just do a sympathy design just to get it done.

Sympathy Design by billrepps December 13, 2009

sympathy-based design 

Choosing a coworker's design decision because you feel bad form them or because their design choices have not been used in a long time.

Brian used a sympathy-based design approach when he implemented a feature using Eric's proposal because Eric has been getting beaten up about things lately in the office.

sympathy-based design by ericmw January 15, 2012