Window sign that reads, “We’re not happy ’til you’re not happy.”
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Design fails will happen. To be human is to be in a waking existence that is prone to human error. There’s just no way around it. It’s all progress not perfection out here, and every now and again the design fails that occur provide their own measures of humor. If we can’t laugh at our own mistakes what are we really doing out here? Have fun with it.

1. We’re You’re Not ‘Til Not Happy?

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2. Warning: reading this sign is the unsafe part

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3. When “plugged-in” becomes the whole design brief

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4. Premium light pole installed, in the middle of the street

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5. How are you supposed to roll those blinds?

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6. Motivation by the ole word salad, got to love it

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7. Belle’s office chair, now featuring a three-foot neck

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8. You have to put in the work if you really want that pizza

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9. Two security barriers; infinite gaps

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10. Aren’t those supposed to go on the inside?

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11. Second-floor door to nowhere; gravity not included

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12. When you order crepes, but end up with something totally different

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13. Punctuation would really help you, Rob

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14. Braille printed on flat paper; “Welcome” to the problem

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15. Sugar-free oatmeal, with maple and brown sugar

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Meet the Writer

Matt has spent over the last 8 years as both a writer and editor, working in Seattle and Brooklyn, where he is now based. He loves escaping the tirelessly fast pace of the “Mad Apple” that is NYC by taking walks and runs through parks where he’s able to catch up on the latest tea about society from the city’s ever chatty, always hungry, occasionally maniacal, pigeons. They always have a lot to say. When he’s not taking his urban nature strolls, or dutifully combing the deepest rabbit holes of the internet to find the content that’s worth sinking your mind’s teeth into, he’s likely holed up at a dark-lit dive bar with a new book and/or some friends, or just as easily he could be on the hunt for the next addition to his steadily growing plant family.

These days Matt’s caught up in trying to provide folks as many vivid glimpses into the days long since passed as he can, through fun and engaging collections of hand-picked vintage photos.