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Henry Petroski was an American civil engineer, academic, and author known for examining how engineering design develops through failure as well as success. He taught at Duke University and wrote accessible books including To Engineer Is Human, The Evolution of Useful Things, and The Pencil. His work...
Lost in La Mancha is a 2002 documentary film directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe that chronicles the production failure of director Terry Gilliam's film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The documentary captures a series of escalating catastrophes on set, including severe weather flash floods, noi...
The Edsel was a Ford division launched in 1958 and produced until 1960. Notable for its unconventional design—a departure from Ford’s established styling—it ultimately failed to gain market acceptance. This unsuccessful venture serves as an example of misjudged product development within the America...
Released in 1996, the Apple Bandai Pippin is a multimedia gaming console notable for being Apple's ill-fated attempt to enter the living room market using a Macintosh-based OS.
Released by Microsoft in 2010, the Kin ONE is a mobile phone notable for its heavy focus on social networking integration and its notorious commercial failure, being discontinued quickly.
