| ▲ | The pleasures of poor product design(inconspicuous.info) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 123 points by NaOH 9 hours ago | 41 comments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | jeisc 22 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
for the record, I am a furniture designer class 1985 Primrose Center and I made a table without a top to demonstrate this point: https://www.jeisch.com/img/furniture/tab_no_top_1988.jpg and another one which is a table which is a holder for a painting: https://www.jeisch.com/img/furniture/tab_pointy_1987.jpg the painting which is being held in the pointy table is this: https://www.jeisch.com/img/paintings/oil_martyr_1988.jpg but it slides in and out basically it is a horizontal holder a painting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | userbinator 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IC: With AI getting bigger and more controversial and so on, have you used AI to create any of these designs? That is an interesting point to bring up, because this type of "almost but not quite right" is exactly what AI seems to naturally create. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | ChrisMarshallNY 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I’ve always enjoyed the “useless teapot” that Don Norman has on the cover of DOET: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61KtiLw7BtL... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | Noe2097 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"what if objects were actually designed for a bad user experience, instead of a good one? she recalled in a 2018 TED talk. That was my ‘eureka’ moment." Or, she stumbled upon some article or the very Wikipedia page about it: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | AriedK 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This gets quite close to chindogu, the Japanese art of designing objects that kind of serve a very niche purpose, but then without being useful. https://www.tofugu.com/japan/chindogu-japanese-inventions/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | bcherry 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
this really reminds me of the "worst volume control" from reddit https://uxdesign.cc/the-worst-volume-control-ui-in-the-world... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Gigachad 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I love that these are all fairly beautiful, stuff you'd really love to have if it wasn't fundamentally unusable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | Incipient 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I feel like I've seen some of these designs a VERY long time ago? Is this something old that the person was just interviewed on recently? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | lelanthran 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This is a link to the interview. here is a link to the products website: https://www.theuncomfortable.com/# | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | whiteboardr 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It's missing the Magic Mouse. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | anonymous344 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
as a designer and innovator, i appriciete this. this gives me ideas really out of box, just to see these. amazing! i also do this for ui and app logic: go to some Microslop service, they are all like these...sad but true | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | jrmg 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Now I’m wondering how you could create ‘uncomfortable’ versions of simple command line tools (ls, cat, more etc.) or perhaps shells. Emacs and/or vi, depending on your inclination, have text editors covered already, of course ;-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | TimByte 34 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This is such a great reminder that "good design" is mostly invisible until it breaks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | eszed 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
What's wrong about the glasses? I've been staring at them and trying to figure out why they're unworkable, as opposed to just a quirky pair of specs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | camillomiller 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The glasses would be great for pool playing, as they would sit higher on your line of sight :) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | imp0cat 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The funny thing is that the toothbrush would actually come in handy for cleaning stuff other than teeth. For example, the inner water tank of a robotic vacuum. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | keithnz 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
given the title, so may software developers must be living in bliss! /s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | abstractspoon 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All seems very contrived. Not what I would call creative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||