Good Design

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Though they are mocking bad design, I think these posters are frelling brilliant!

Frustrated by stupid client criticism, Irish graphic designers Mark Shanley and Paddy Treacy decided to turn their "favorite worst feedback" into posters. The guys worked together on so-called "Sharp Suits" series with a team of other ad creatives, designers, animators, directors, illustrators and more, who must’ve all appreciated a chance to let out some of their exasperation in a creative way.

Here are a couple samples, spoilerd for size:

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[SzczerbiakManiac]

Tables embedded with glass rivers and lakes
one example:

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[Gn2Dlnd]

"Stay close to the candles, the staircase can be...treacherous."

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Interesting... it turns out "Blücher" is not the German word for "glue".

[JWBear]

Well... Frau Leim just doesn't sound as funny.

[Capt Jack]

huh. neat idea. almost a 'why didnt I think of that?'

[Alex]

I'm having trouble deciding if that is good design or just surface clever?

As I think about it, I believe I rarely want to measure all ingredients into a single bowl. With this either you are just constantly adding new stuff to the mix, or you have to weight, empty and clean to weigh another ingredient.

So even if I had this I would probably still want a standalone scale, in which case I don't need this as I accomplish the exact same thing by putting the mixing bowl on my scale.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I see your point Alex, but since it has a tare function, I can see myself adapting to adding ingredients in succession.

[Alex]

Yes, it would be useful for that. But I also frequently (when I cook, which isn't frequently) start by measuring out all of the ingredients for something even if they don't all get mixed together immediately.

I don't think it would be possible for more convert entirely to things that can be mixed together at the start.

Plus, I probably wouldn't have been able to weigh my luggage for our Rome trip in that like I was able to do with our food scale (a two week trip with 14 pounds of luggage involved a lot of weighing and trading). And obviously failure of imagination that it doesn't take into account luggage weighing.

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by Alex

(a two week trip with 14 pounds of luggage involved a lot of weighing and trading).

How in the hell did you do that? I'm pretty sure my little purse weighs more than that! (Okay not really... maybe half that)