A new museum exhibit in Brooklyn proves that even the most successful businesses can sometimes have major missteps. HannahKliger reports from the newly opened Museum of Failure in Industry City.
- A new museum in Sunset Park proves that even the most successful businesses can sometimes have very bad ideas. is a place that celebrates bad ideas, silly designs and overhyped products that never really took off. pens, developed and marketed to women. The only difference was the glitter and the higher price tag.
The exhibit is curated by Swedish psychologist and innovation researcher Dr. Samuel West, and houses more than 150 items he considers commercial flops. The items range from a famous Soviet car, to the now-discontinued Segway scooters, to a massive set of metal-tipped darts – a lawn game that used to be sold to kids.
The exhibit features a strange-looking"hula chair," a machine which promised to give its users abs while they watch a movie or do some work. However, when one sits down, the silly rocking and spinning motions make one unable to focus on anything else.
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