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Core77 - Blog • Feb. 4, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
When Bad UI Design Kills: China Bans Flush Door Handles
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To their peril, the fields of architecture and industrial design increasingly prize novelty over function. Frank Gehry's design for the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health— which was designed to treat people suffering from neurological conditions— famously made patients feel vertigo, nausea and disorientation.
Image: Monster4711, CC BY-SA 3.0 As for industrial design, it's one thing to design a neat-looking, difficult-to-use hair dryer. But in the automotive space, adding novel features purely for cool factor can have deadly consequences.
I've already written about two instances ( here and here ) in which needlessly new designs for shifters may have led to two deaths. This week China has banned flush, electronically-operated door handles.
Image: Monster4711, CC BY-SA 3.0 As for industrial design, it's one thing to design a neat-looking, difficult-to-use hair dryer. But in the automotive space, adding novel features purely for cool factor can have deadly consequences.
I've already written about two instances ( here and here ) in which needlessly new designs for shifters may have led to two deaths. This week China has banned flush, electronically-operated door handles.
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