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Landscape Fabric Fail

I’ve written about product design failures before.  When you are putting together something as complex as a jumbo jet, there are multiple levels of redundancy and long testing periods.  A jet, and all its systems, is designed.  So how can

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A Tale of Two Products

Sometimes, too cheap is a barrier you don’t want to cross.  Let’s talk about our new barbeque.  The old barbeque was working fine except for the burner shield, a tent of flimsy metal that protects the food from the flame,

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Good Product Design

Last year I wrote about a grease spatter guard made by Ikea that has a very small handle in the middle, requiring you to reach into the scorching corona of danger to lift up the guard.  Clever, no?  At work

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