"What kind of a**hole design is this?"

Far as we’re concerned, anytime a non-design website brings up any level of industrial design criticism it’s a win for our field, even if the posting contains curse words.

Thus a recent post on Reddit brought a smile to our face. It was kicked off with a simple photo and a simple comment, below:

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“What kind of asshole design is this?”

Gizmodo Australia picked up on it, adding “Putting the escape and power buttons so close together seems akin to placing a seat recline and cockpit eject button adjacently.”

The Reddit post, meanwhile, has spawned over 1,000 comments and counting. I guess the Dark Side of the Force really is stronger — entries on design blogs espousing good design will get a fraction of that number.

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