Showing posts with label BadDesign. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BadDesign. Show all posts

1.24.2008

Fool's Gold










The medicalization of life continues apace. Click here. This is the kind of design I hate. Take a minor concern that can be addressed with a shower, develop a new formula for an old fungicide, get a patent, tell men to be self-conscious, have them rub chemicals on their junk, and make money. Did you notice that this stuff may damage latex condoms and diaphragms? You should not be allowed to simultaneously prey on people’s ignorance to induce purchasing and assume they will be wise and responsible product users. Society played this game already. Women started douching in the 1600s. We now know it to be dangerous, resulting in irritation, inflammation, and infection. How long before we realize this is a bad idea? What percent of design does more harm than good?