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24 alternatives to I wrote a book about Design Ethics called Tragic Design
Hey everyone! After two long years of writing along side my co-author, we have finally released the book: Tragic Design. It's about the true impact of bad design and how to fix it. We felt there was a need to shed light on the discussion of Design Ethics by exploring the ways bad design can harm people and offering up solutions. When most of us think about bad design, we think the worst case is lost customers. This book explores the very real impact it has: physical harm, emotional harm, and more. We are excited to have John Maeda writing the Foreword to the book, who has been a long…
Tragic Design is a book examining how poorly designed products cause real harm to users, including physical and emotional injury. Written by Jonathan Shapiro and a co-author, it explores the consequences of bad design… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I wrote a book about Design Ethics called Tragic Design launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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