When a design doesn’t work, it often draws more attention to itself than when it works perfectly. A wobbly shopping cart, a flimsy potato peeler, a puzzling highway sign: These are common nuisances.

You want to build in some relationship between the way the place feels and the materials and colors that are used on the ...

Stop me if this sounds familiar. It’s Monday, and you’re at your desk trying hard to get through what feels like a constantly growing to-do list. You take a deep breath and (for what feels like the ...

Design is supposed to make life easier, better, or at least make sense—right? Well, not in the case of these hilariously bad ...