We live in an era where we are constantly told to optimize, streamline, declutter, and upgrade ourselves into smoother versions of productivity machines. Every ad, every app, every fitness influencer, every ergonomic chair is basically shouting the same thing: become better, faster, smarter, and more efficient. Design is supposed to help us do that. The trouble is that once in a while, design forgets its own job and slips straight into performance art.
That is where the failures come in.
