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Poor Design: Costco’s Milk Container

Poor Design: Costco’s Milk Container

You should ‘never cry over spilled milk’ — at least that’s how the old sayin’ goes — but that’s exactly what’s going to happen when you try…
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Samuel Hassel
This TV Remote Is A Mess

This TV Remote Is A Mess

I wasn’t sure what to write this post about until I got home last night, picked up my remote, and turned on my TV. This gave me flashbacks…
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Jake Weiss

Backpacks

No joke… it’s been an obsession for awhile. I hate backpacks. Nearly all of them are only designed to be hung on the wall (not put on the…
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Jack Kasbeer
Bad Design

Bad Design

While this is not a case terrible design, it is just bad enough to continually frustrate me. This movable cabinet has two pull out draws…
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Olivia Shoucair

Bad Design of Push-Based Doors

I think one thing that is poorly designed is handles on most push doors. The action invites users to grasp the handle and we associate with…
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Myles B
Design of Shabbat Lamp

Design of Shabbat Lamp

The Shabbat lamp is a product designed specifically for Orthodox Jews that, among other things, do not turn lights on and off from sundown…
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Rachel McCoy
Poorly designed water faucet

Poorly designed water faucet

The water faucet(see the image below) in the house where I live in is very poorly designed. Instead of having one handle to control the…
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Susan Zuo
IDF “Poorly Designed Product”

IDF “Poorly Designed Product”

I could not find the specific product on internet, however, I discovered something similarly designed.
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Junwoo Cheong

Bad Design

We are all surrounded by designed artifacts that are created to make our life easy and efficient but often they fail to do so, rather end…
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Deepa Butoliya

EZ Cracker: An Example of Bad Design

When people think of a task that they want to be made easier, cracking eggs may not be the first thing to come to mind. Sure, some people…
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Eric Yu

Product Design Fundamentals Blog Post

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Alex Tsai

The Alarm Clock That Will Haunt Your Nightmares, if it lets you sleep

In todays article we will be discussing an alarm clock so poorly designed that you are better off just guessing when to wake up rather than…
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Anant Agrawal
Product Design Fundamentals — badly designed object

Product Design Fundamentals — badly designed object

The badly designed object I chose was this cheap phone tripod I bought off of Amazon. I was looking for a cheap way to record videos with…
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awang1
Contact Lens Cases

Contact Lens Cases

If the cases I’ve seen scattered around Carnegie Mellon’s University Center (and lots of posts on the internet) are any indication, people…
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Varun Gadh
Poor Design: Mini Fridge Freezer

Poor Design: Mini Fridge Freezer

There are many things that can contribute to a poor design. However, the most frustrating thing is usually how usable a product is. One…
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Alex Kent
Example of poor design - Saddle Seat

Example of poor design - Saddle Seat

Airbus purposed a new design and structure of commercial airplane seating. Aviointeriors took this concept and created the design for the…
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Dominique Brych
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