The other day, we got an email from a reader named Ann: Here’s something for your Annals of Bad Design! It almost deserves its own new category . . . Annal of Really Really Bad Design! We found we agreed on WHY the amethyst bathroom sink is really really bad:
Read MoreAnnals of Bad Design: Strangely Phallic Coffee Table
Although we are huge fans of using tree parts and the natural world as furnishings, we were stunned to see this wildly impractical coffee table made of what appears to be bundled branches or driftwood of some sort. Is it just us or do they have strangely phallic shapes? (Not that we don’t like phallic shapes but…er..seems a bit…
Read MoreAnnals of Bad Design: Extra Deep ‘Luxe’ Sofas
The trend of the past several years to make sofas deeper so that they appear more luxurious is bad design in the name of the illusion of affluence and style. Here’s our thinking…
Read Morejasper morrison’s trivet: why bad design is useful
Recently, I came across a rave about Jasper Morrison’s mesh trivet on a design blog. My instant thought was: bad design (despite the fame of the designer). Set that trivet on softish-wood table and put a heavy enough pot on it and you stand a good chance of the steel denting or scratching the wood.…
Read Moreannals of bad design? seating facing away from the view
We were AMAZED when we stumbled on this picture taken from a Sydney, Australia real estate listing : a porch with clunky, hard-to-move chaises all facing inside the house, away from the view. via desire to inspire Related posts: annals of bad design: mirrored credenza? annals of bad design?: sculptural bathtub annals of bad design:…
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