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Sometimes less really is more, particularly in cases where the designer can’t explain the purpose of “more.” Sometimes there are reasons to overdesign things, but generally, this is just awasteof resources or, even worse, just a means to impress investors.Take the infamous case of the Juicero. Founded in 2013, the company pitched a high-tech, innovativejuicing press. Users would have to use special packs of fruits and vegetables, each marked with a QR code that the machine would read before turning it into fresh juice. So far so good, right?

Sometimes less really is more, particularly in cases where the designer can’t explain the purpose of “more.” Sometimes there are reasons to overdesign things, but generally, this is just awasteof resources or, even worse, just a means to impress investors.

Take the infamous case of the Juicero. Founded in 2013, the company pitched a high-tech, innovativejuicing press. Users would have to use special packs of fruits and vegetables, each marked with a QR code that the machine would read before turning it into fresh juice. So far so good, right?

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This would be embarrassing enough, but what makes it so muchworseis that the company had120 million dollarsof funding, all for a machine that did… nothing. Just a classic case of not stopping and considering simple questions like “does this juicer actually do anything?” and “does a juicer need to be connected to Wi-Fi at all times?”

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