--- title: The Pleasures of Poor Product Design | daily.dev description: An interview with Greek architect Katerina Kamprani, creator of 'The Uncomfortable' — a project started in 2011 that deliberately designs dysfunctional... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-pleasures-of-poor-product-design-mxfutxmv8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Pleasures of Poor Product Design | daily.dev og:description: An interview with Greek architect Katerina Kamprani, creator of 'The Uncomfortable' — a project started in 2011 that deliberately designs dysfunctional... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-pleasures-of-poor-product-design-mxfutxmv8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mxFUTxMv8.png og:image:alt: The Pleasures of Poor Product Design og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Pleasures of Poor Product Design **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 11 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An interview with Greek architect Katerina Kamprani, creator of 'The Uncomfortable' — a project started in 2011 that deliberately designs dysfunctional everyday objects like forks with chain handles and unusable wine glasses. Kamprani discusses her creative process, the project's unexpected longevity (50-60 designs, 12+ exhibitions), why she refuses to sell the objects commercially, her resistance to using AI in her workflow, and how feedback from disabled users revealed unintended insights about accessibility in mainstream product design. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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