“Most products are ugly. The harsh reality is that in many of these markets, form follows funding. And that products go where the market takes them.”

—  Bran Ferren

A Conversation About The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Staff, Wired, WIRED, en-US, 2017-01-18 https://www.wired.com/2001/01/forum/,

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