| Welcome to a new place to share and discuss
all those frustrating designs we come across daily as
we go about the business of living. How many times do we say -
What were they thinking? Who designed this? You know other people are thinking the same thing. Why do these designs exist? Goal #1 - let out our frustrations and amass some consensus about bad design Goal #2 - Gather enough comments to influence some design improvements |
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The idea
for "Who designs this stuff?" came on a much needed walk
as I started thinking
about the most recent alarm clock I purchased at Target. I now have at least 5 alarm
clocks scattered around my house that didn't
work for me as a morning wake up alarm. After I
got them home and tried them out, each one had a
major design flaw: can't find the tiny on/off
button; can't grasp the flat on/off button
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especially out of a sound sleep; can't read the
time or especially the alarm time without my
glasses, reluctant to sleep with them on just so
I can see the clock; or, the alarm isn't loud enough. Each time I cry in frustration - WHO
DESIGNED THIS THING?