i don't quite get what you're saying. css has nothing to do with design. it only affects implementation.

the design industry becomes what we (the designers) let it become. i don't mean go pick fights and not listen to clients. some do effective research and ask for planned out rational things. others try monkey see, monkey do. this is the source for the majority of "stylist" designs.

when we suspect a case of this, it's our job to question it. that's what we're paid for.