Your question is Balance Aesthetics and Usability. Take a moment with it on the right.
Talk me through your thinking if you like. When you're confident, submit your answer and I'll grade it like a real screen (7/10 or better passes).
You're working on a digital product where the team is discussing how polished the interface should be versus how strictly it should optimize for clarity and task completion. Different people have different instincts about when visual design helps the experience and when it gets in the way.
How do you think about the relationship between design aesthetics and functional usability?