Engineers create the most cost-effective, straightforward and efficient solution for a mechanical component, even if it looks ungainly. Designers make something look rather pleasing to the eye, and then hope someone else can make it function correctly.

So... when a new air conditioning fan and housing design was needed for a Rover 200/MG ZR variant, which group of people came up with a solution akin to a fan-based interpretation of a mineshaft lift?