Most of us can intuitively tell whether something is designed well or if the end result falls way short of what it should be like.

Some design fails don’t just miss the mark; they look like they were approved by a committee that actively disliked the idea of “good.” The worst part is that most of them aren’t complicated mistakes.

Design exists to solve problems—functional ones, aesthetic ones, or both. But sometimes, instead of improving things, it creates even more problems than it fixes. And if you need proof, just look at ...