Not every design goes according to plan, and some end up being unintentionally hilarious. From confusing layouts to ...

Design exists to solve problems—functional ones, aesthetic ones, or both. But sometimes, instead of improving things, it creates even more problems than it fixes. And if you need proof, just look at ...

Some design fails don’t just miss the mark; they look like they were approved by a committee that actively disliked the idea of “good.” The worst part is that most of them aren’t complicated mistakes.

They say design is where creativity meets intelligence, but sometimes it seems the common-sense part of the equation gets completely lost. From confusing layouts to warning signs that only create more ...

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All this time, I thought I was the only one who was upset about those ridiculous plastic tabs in sauce packets and sealed food packages. But it appears that I am not alone—which, somehow, makes me ...

Ikea’s Doomed Quest To Design A Couch You Can Carry In Your Hands Sometimes an idea is so good you have to try it and fail--twice. My First Big Screw-Up: Lessons From 8 Top Designers It happens to the ...

A polished visual identity only gets you so far. What customers really believe about a company is shaped by their actual experience — onboarding, support, product usability, etc. As companies grow, ...

From tech companies exploiting users to voting ballots that undermined democracy, there was plenty of bad design to choose from. The Trump/Kim Jong-un coin is terrible design–and worse politics Plus, ...

Part of any self-respecting Smart Home, smart relays are useful for switching and monitoring loads that do not plug into an outlet. This also makes them a lot more integrated, and thus, a long ...