When it comes to museums, what everyone thinks of must be the physical objects that represent nature and human cultural heritage. In museums, we can appreciate the magic of nature and the greatness of human culture. However, you must have never imagined that there is a kind of museum that may amaze you. It is not a work of art, but a collection of failed products from major brands in the past. Yes, it is the Museum of Failure.
It is located in Helsingborg, a city in southern Sweden. It is called the "Museum of Failed Creativity." It is the worlds first museum of failed creativity and will be officially opened in June this year. The director of the museum, Samu West has exhibited all of his collection of more than 50 failed creative products. Today, Design Junkie will show you some of the very interesting failed creative products.
1. Nokia N-Gage gaming phone
This is a mobile phone device released by Nokia in 2003. It is defined as a gaming phone. Nokia released this phone to challenge the market position of Nintendos handheld game consoles. However, due to the phones layout design and too many buttons, it was not accepted by users, and it only lasted two years on the market.
2. Apple Newton
This is a writing device launched by Apple in 1995. It is similar to a feature phone and can write content, but It was expensive, priced at $699 at the time. But what’s great about it is that it provides design inspiration for Apple’s research and development of iPhones and iPads.
3. CueCat barcode reader
This is a barcode reader launched in 2000. It can pass through the front end as long as it is plugged into the computer. Scan the barcode on the magazine through the scanning port. Simply speaking, it is very similar to the QR code we use now. But it became a "martyr" because it appeared too early.
4. Coca-Cola coffee flavored beverage
This is a coffee-flavored drink launched by Coca-Cola in 2006. Although it is very creative, in the end Production was stopped because no one cared about it.
5. Female fountain pen
This is a pen specially designed for women by the Bic brand, but from the appearance, this pen looks... It’s big and clumsy and does not meet the aesthetic needs of female users. Therefore, sales were ultimately dismal.
6. Harley perfume
This is a brand extension product of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. They launched it in 1996 for the male user group A mens perfume was launched, but its sales were not good because its fragrance was criticized for lacking "manliness".
7. Colgate Frozen Food
Yes, you read that right . This is a food product launched by the toothpaste brand Colgate. It is a brand extension product. Its purpose is to remind people to remember to brush their teeth with Colgate toothpaste after eating food. However, because the concept of toothpaste is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, this product is not sold well. OK.
8. Netflix tape
Netflix is ??a company that specializes in the development of audio tapes. Although it does a good job, it failed due to miscalculation. With the development of streaming media, video will become more mainstream and more popular, and eventually the company went bankrupt in 2010.
9. TwitterPeek
This It is a device launched by a company called Peek in 2009. The concept is very novel, and Twitter was a mainstream social media at that time and very popular. Therefore, the company launched this device, which is worth US$200, but can only access Twitter, so it died in the end.
10. Rejuvenique facial mask
This facial mask designed by Rejuvenique is different from the facial masks we use now. It is more like a mask. It uses built-in sensors to send slight electric shocks to the wearer’s face, thereby contracting facial muscles and Cosmetic effect. But it failed because it was too weird.
