In American elections, ballots are rarely designed by professional designers.
The white dress, which was for decades the emblem of a registered nurse, has all but disappeared... Describes how it has been replaced by cheap, easily-cleanable "scrubs"... Fashion borrows from uniforms, and uniforms borrow from fashion, but designers of fashion apparel rarely design uniforms.
Bengolea collaborated with Jamaican dancehall artist Damion Wallace and ballerina Erika Miyauichi to create the work, bringing together two styles she says are rarely designed to meet.
Even in a country where museums are rarely designed with art in mind, it stands out as relentlessly unforgiving to works of all styles and periods.
A salad bowl and a pair of servers are essential tabletop items, but are rarely designed as a unit, said Paul Rowan, a founder and vice president for design of Umbra, the home furnishings company.
"Places where unexpected things happen were rarely designed for those unexpected things to happen," says Ricky Burdett, director of the London School of Economics Cities programme, which looks at how people interact with their urban environment.
Buildings are rarely designed to save energy, because those who put them up do not usually pay the bills and those who occupy them choose them for their views or their looks, not their energy-efficiency.
"We rarely design a car for two or three levels of customers, and that's really what we have here: you design for the T.L.C., the customer, the cabdriver, the fleet owner, and you have to satisfy each a little bit".
Clothing is rarely designed to aid recycling at the end of life.
One is rarely designing a center from a blank canvas, no matter the size.
