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Re:Useless design features in modern products by bballard on Thursday October 26, 2017 @12:45PM (#15560585)
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) on this subject.
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Re:Useless design features in modern products by coldtea on Thursday October 26, 2017 @03:02PM (#15561968)
What people forget is that looking nice is also a function.

Utilitarian design is unsufferable -- like those soviet-era buildings...

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Re:Useless design features in modern products by Skunkleton on Thursday October 26, 2017 @04:07PM (#15562523)
Brutalism is super cool though.
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Re:Useless design features in modern products by coldtea on Friday October 27, 2017 @05:26AM (#15566858)
In design work (print, web) where it can't do much damage, yes.

In residential and public buildings, not so much.

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Re:Useless design features in modern products by cisanti on Friday October 27, 2017 @12:31AM (#15565720)
Only if you don't have to live in it.

I grew up in a soviet block and thinking about it gives me anxiety.

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Re:Useless design features in modern products by dmix on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:33PM (#15561133)
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...

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