
New Coke
Research confirmed people liked the taste. The market confirmed they wanted Coke.
View exhibit →Promising concepts meet actual people, actual habits, and actual consequences. The pitch sounded wonderful. The exhibit tells the rest.

Improve a beloved drink. Put computing in your line of sight. Reinvent the commute. Launch the next great car. Make cola look like the future.
These exhibits explore the gap between an appealing proposition and an outcome people actually wanted. They did not all fail for the same reason, and a useful niche can survive a wildly overambitious promise. That is what makes the collection worth opening.

Research confirmed people liked the taste. The market confirmed they wanted Coke.
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Google put a camera on your face, charged $1,500, and asked society to beta-test the etiquette.
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The Segway was introduced as transportation that might reorganize urban life. It found a durable niche with tour groups, security guards, and people explaining…
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A new brand introduced just as America entered a recession.
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Cola, now with the visual authority of tap water.
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