These designs are off the rails… literally. Have you ever walked into a room and just known that there was something wrong? You didn’t have your finger on what exactly it was, but something about the energy of the room just made you feel off-kilter. If you’re anything like me, this happens to you sometimes. …
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27 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild
Sometimes designs just fail us. Sometimes we don’t make mistakes; mistakes just make us. We all do it, and it’s part of what makes us human. If we didn’t, then people would be concerned about us. That friend who texts with perfect spelling and grammar all the time? I don’t trust them as far as …
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‘Please leave the building before posting it on social media’: 27 Baffling design choices found in the wild
Sometimes you see something that you just can’t explain. Have you ever played the game GeoGuesser? If you haven’t, let me explain it to you right now. You get dropped off in the middle of a random location, and you are in the world, and you see it from street view on Google Earth. You …
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23 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild
Are you the type of person who can easily spot a typo? If you are, then the world might be a terrible place for you. There are typos everywhere. Even in reputable publications that you would think wouldn’t have them. If you know how to look for them, then you’ll find little mistakes everywhere in …
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27 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild
Why is it so fun when things go wrong? Are we really that cynical a species? Do we just wish to see other people fail so we feel better about ourselves? I’m not a fan of that outlook on life. I think we’re all deeply empathetic, and we only enjoy failure when we can kind …
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25 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild
This time of year, we’re surrounded by all types of design. Probably more than we usually are. Stores, streets, and homes are decked to the nines in the holiday swag. People are climbing ladders and fighting the elements to put up lights, trees, animatronics, and more. People really go hard for Christmas. At least where …
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27 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (December 14, 2025)
Some designs speak to us, and some do not. It’s all a matter of your own personal taste. Maybe you grew up in a very 90s Tuscan kitchen, full of rooster knick-knacks, and now your kitchen is the exact opposite, full of millennial gray and clean lines. Or maybe you grew up in a minimalist …
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24 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (December 7, 2025)
Why is it so funny when things go wrong? Are humans just so cruel by nature that when we see somebody else fail, we can’t help but laugh? Are we that insecure about our own success that it makes us smile to see somebody else make a mistake? Or is it a sympathetic response? Are …
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27 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (November 30, 2025)
Designs are all around us, and we don’t even always notice them. When we get into our cars or snuggle up in our beds, design isn’t usually the first thing on our minds. We lead busy lives, and we often get preoccupied with other stuff. We have deep and robust personal lives, and that often …
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26 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (November 23, 2025)
Sometimes things just fail. We don’t know why. Sometimes we put so much into something, and he just can’t get anything in return. You know this if you’ve ever tried to assemble IKEA furniture. No matter how detailed the instructions or how simple it seems, you will probably reach a point where it feels like …
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