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Architecture is full of further examples of useless design features, from facades to fascia, to non-load bearing columns. There are entire books (even novels) o

• dmix 9y ago
  Not all product design is about functionality. Emotional Design by Don Norman is my favourite book on the subject: https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Design-Love-Everyday-Things/dp/0465051367/ https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Design-Love-Everyday-Things...
• coldtea 9y ago
  What people forget is that looking nice is also a function. Utilitarian design is unsufferable -- like those soviet-era buildings...
  • Skunkleton 9y ago
    Brutalism is super cool though.
    • cisanti 9y ago
      Only if you don't have to live in it. I grew up in a soviet block and thinking about it gives me anxiety.
    • coldtea 9y ago
      In design work (print, web) where it can't do much damage, yes. In residential and public buildings, not so much.